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The Class (2008 film)

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The Class is a 2008 French film directed by Laurent Cantet. Set in a Parisian middle school in a working class, largely immigrant district, it follows French teacher Francois Marin through a school year with a class of fourteen and fifteen year olds, exploring the tension between maintaining discipline and building genuine cooperation in a diverse classroom. The film won the Palme d'Or unanimously at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, the first French film to do so since 1987. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Original Language
French 1
Award
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film 1
Release Year
2008 1
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  • The Class (2008 film), Description, original language
    The Class is a 2008 French film directed by Laurent Cantet.
  • Wikipedia category, checked 2026-09-27
    Category:Best Foreign Film Independent Spirit Award winners
  • Infobox
    24 May 2008 (Cannes)
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    The Class (French: Entre les murs, lit. 'Between the walls') is a 2008 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau.
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