The Class

The Class

The greatest lessons are learnt when life enters the classroom.

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Release Date

9/24/2008

Runtime

128 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

$28,814,580

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A raw, unflinching chronicle of a year in a Parisian classroom where ideals collide with the lived reality of teaching working-class immigrant teenagers. The film moves between moments of genuine connection and friction, capturing the exhaustion and small victories of navigating difference within four walls.

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TenseContemplativeBittersweetDefiant

Themes

IdentityClassPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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