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The Class
Directed by
Laurent Cantet
PG-13
2008
2h 8m
Drama
7.5
95%
82%
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Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
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Cast of The Class
François Bégaudeau
François Marin, head teacher
Arthur Fogel
Arthur, student
Damien Gomes
Damien, student
Esmeralda Ouertani
Esmeralda, student
Rachel Regulier
Khoumba, student
Louise Grinberg
Louise, student
Rabah Nait Oufella
Rabah, student
Franck Keïta
Souleyman, student
Agame Malembo-Emene
Agame, student
Angélica Sancio
Angélica, student
Boubacar Toure
Boubacar, student
Burak Özyilmaz
Burak, student
Carl Nanor
Carl, student
Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi
Cherif, student
Dalla Doucoure
Dalla, student
Eva Paradiso
Eva, student
Henriette Kasaruhanda
Henriette, student
Juliette Demaille
Juliette, student
Justine Wu
Justine, student
Laura Baquela
Laura, student
Lucie Landrevie
Lucie, student
Nassim Amrabt
Nassim, student
Qifei Huang
Qifei, student
Samantha Soupirot
Samantha, student
Wei Huang
Wei, student
Cécile Lagarde
Cécile, teacher
Anne Langlois
Sophie, teacher
Jean-Michel Simonet
School principal
Olivier Pasquier
Bursar
Cheick Baba Doumbia
Souleymane's brother
Céline Spang
Parents' delegate
Gilles Gourmelen
Gaelle Bantegnie
Valérie Benguigui
Jean-François Chauvet
Farida Ouchani
Mario Fanfani
The Class Ratings & Reviews
Detroit News
Tom Long
The fact that it's based on a book written by a former teacher who also stars in the film gives it more than a bit of authenticity
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
These kids aren't always all right. But they are consistently riveting.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The kinetic and perceptive realism of The Class puts to shame the entire field of schoolroom dramas and makes the movie seem more like an acutely observed Frederick Wiseman documentary than any up-the-down-staircase melodrama
Film.com
Jonathan F. Richards
But ultimately it's a fascinating, sometimes exhilarating movie that seems to make a genuine contact with the classroom, and shows us an educational system struggling, and managing, to survive.
indieWire
Leo Goldsmith
Cantet's film lulls the spectator into the rhythms of the everyday reality of school, belying a very carefully coordinated narrative structure that only becomes apparent in its final act.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Most impressive, Cantet tracks the racial and ethnic resentments that simmer beneath the classroom discussions but become harder to quell when the parents get involved.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is bursting with life, energy, fears, frustrations and the quick laughter of a classroom hungry for relief.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
There is some deeply moving material in The Class and those who enjoy realistic interplay between characters who blur the line between fiction and reality won't want to miss it.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Cantet has created a deceptively simple film that gradually deconstructs a Hollywood genre.
Washington Post
John Anderson
The Class is not just the best film released thus far this year. It may be the most gripping.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Laurent Cantet's drama The Class brings us back to earth, unalloyed.
Newsweek
Jennie Yabroff
The Class isn't a documentary, but the scenes have the loose, slow-cooked feel of a director turning on a camera and waiting to see what happens -- think Mike Leigh meets Frederick Wiseman.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
By rough estimate, maybe 80 percent of the movie consists of these student-teacher slanging matches, but it's engrossing.
Dallas Morning News
Mario Tarradell
Never feels scripted, even with so much talking.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Powerful, mesmerizing and full of moments that linger long after the bell rings.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
The effect of this sobering, funny and, finally, enlightening, portrait is one of enormous sympathy for all parties in the education tango.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
This is one of the screen's most rewarding explorations of the teacher/student relationship in any language. Every voice we hear makes sense; every opinion means something.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Since the subject of The Class is education, let's begin by giving it the grade it deserves: A+, with extra credit for no neatness.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Wherever you were schooled, in public schools or private, in the slums or in the suburbs, you will recognize yourself in this film and laugh and beam and cower.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Clichés are deftly avoided in this thought-provoking film.
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