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| Genre/Form: | Fiction films Feature films Foreign language films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama Film adaptations Teatro |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Laurent Cantet; Robin Campillo; François Bégaudeau; Carole Scotta; Caroline Benjo; Simon Arnal-Szlovak; Barbara Letellier; Nassim Amrabt; Juliette Demaille; Laura Baquela; Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi; Dalla Doucoure; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Haut et Court (Firm); France 2 cinéma (Firm); Studio Canal+.; Cinécinéma (Firm); Cofinova 4 (Firm); Soficinéma 3 (Firm); Centre national de la cinématographie (France); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 1435946251 9781435946255 |
| OCLC Number: | 369176550 |
| Language Note: | In French, dubbed English or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English or Spanish. |
| Notes: | Librement inspire de l'ouvrage "Entre les murs" de Francois Begaudeau Verticales, Editions Gallimard 2006 [based on the book "Entre les murs" by François Bégaudeau, published by Portraits, Editions Gallimard 2006]. Originally produced as a French documentary in 2008. Special features: Audio and video scene commentaries with director Laurent Cantet and writer/actor François Béjaudeau (23 min.); Making of "The Class" [featurette] (42 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Previews (9 min.). |
| Credits: | Image [camera], Pierre Milon, Catherine Pujol, Georgi Lazarevski, Julie Conte, Vincent Buron, Arthur Chassaing, Romaine Kelfa ; montage [editing], Robin Campillo, SteÌphanie LeÌger ; costumes, Marie Le Garrec, Babeth Joinet, Camille GuilleÌ, Juliette Milon, Manuela Taco ; deÌcoration [production design], Sabine BartheÌleÌmy, HeÌleÌne Bellanger, Maryline Le Bihan, Laurent Dameme, FreÌdeÌric Mas. |
| Cast: | François Bégaudeau; students, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel, Boubacar Toure, Burak Özyilmaz, Carl Nanor, Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi, Dalla Doucoure, Damien Gomes, Esmeralda Ouertani, Eva Paradiso, Henriette Kasaruhanda, Juliette Demaille, Justine Wu, Rachel Regulier, Laura Baquela, Louise Grinberg, Lucie Landrevie, Nassim Amrabt, Qifei Huang, Rabah Nait Oufella, Samantha Soupirot, Franck Keïta, Wei Huang; les profs [teachers], Anne Wallimann-Charpentier, Cécile Lagarde, Frédéric Faujas, Vincent Robert, Olivier Dupeyron, Patrick Dueruil, Dorothée Guilbot, Anne Langlois, Vincent Gaire, Yvette Mournetas; other staff members, Julie Athenol, Jean-Michel Simonet, Olivier Pasquier, Stéphane Longour, Abdoul Drahamane Sissoko, Aline Zimierski, Silma Aktar, Marie-Annette Sorrente. |
| Awards: | Winner, 2008 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or--Laurent Cantet; Winner 2009 CeÌsar for Meilleur sceÌnario adaptation (Best Writing-Adaptation)--François BeÌgaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: PG-13 for language. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio. |
| Other Titles: | Entre les murs (Motion picture) Class |
| Responsibility: | Sony Pictures Classics ; Haut et Court présente en coproduction avec France 2 cinéma ; avec la participation de Canal+, Cinécinéma, France 2 ; en association avec Cofinova 4, Soficinema 3 ; avec la participation du Centre National de la Cinématographie de l'Ascé et de la Région Ile-de-France ; un film de Laurent Cantet ; scénario, Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo, François Bégaudeau ; produit par Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal, Barbara Letellier. |
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Abstract:
Based on Bégaudeau's semi-autographical book Entre Les Murs (Between the Walls) "The Class" dramatizes a year in the life of a middle school in an immigrant heavy, multiracial neighborhood in Paris. The students are also nonprofessionals, and classroom sessions were improvised from workshops around specific themes. The documentary-approach to the filming puts the lie to the one-teacher-can-make-a-difference myth propagated by so many other films about school. The shifting classroom dynamics emphasize how traditions, economics, and language hold these students back, not only in education, but also with forging any kind of unified French identity. Additionally, the film suggests it is not just racists or reactionaries that are worrisome; it is when genuine idealists are finally worn down, when the gulf between meaning well and doing well becomes unbridgable. Until the system can be changed, both battles and victories will be moment to moment.
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