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The Class
a.k.a. Entre les murs Director: Laurent Cantet Cast: François Begaudeau, Franck Keita, Nassim Amrabt, Esmerelda Ouertani

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/11/2009
  • Original Release: 2008
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 830

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Making-of featurette; Commentary on select scenes

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Disc #1 -- The Class
1. Chapter 1 [4:33]
2. Chapter 2 [3:13]
3. Chapter 3 [5:53]
4. Chapter 4 [2:49]
5. Chapter 5 [6:57]
6. Chapter 6 [3:07]
7. Chapter 7 [5:39]
8. Chapter 8 [6:11]
9. Chapter 9 [3:41]
10. Chapter 10 [4:56]
11. Chapter 11 [2:57]
12. Chapter 12 [6:02]
13. Chapter 13 [2:41]
14. Chapter 14 [6:28]
15. Chapter 15 [3:29]
16. Chapter 16 [3:15]
17. Chapter 17 [2:55]
18. Chapter 18 [6:43]
19. Chapter 19 [1:49]
20. Chapter 20 [6:36]
21. Chapter 21 [6:09]
22. Chapter 22 [2:23]
23. Chapter 23 [3:49]
24. Chapter 24 [5:26]
25. Chapter 25 [2:00]
26. Chapter 26 [8:38]
27. Chapter 27 [7:17]
28. Chapter 28 [3:46]

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François is a tough but fair teacher working in one of France's toughest schools, and his honest demeanor in the classroom has made him a great success with the students. But this year things are different, because when the students begin to challenge his methods François will find his classroom ethics put to the ultimate test. François Bégaudeau stars in director Laurent Cantet's entry into the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Education: Both Sidesby gradyharp

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August 16, 2009: THE CLASS ('ENTRE LES MURS') is more of an experience than a film. Based on the book 'Entre Les Murs' by teacher François Bégaudeau who also wrote the screenplay and stars in the film as the unique teacher François Marin, this thoughtful and challenging story is presented in a style that could only be termed 'French verismo'. If it feels like a documentary for the first part, that is to the credit of the author and the director Laurent Cantet: we, the viewers are taken into the classroom where the majority of the film takes place, lingering there through discussions between teacher and the varied ethnic group of students who challenge (with good thought) the teaching techniques and subjects of discussion in Marin's days of attempting to 'educate' a somewhat reluctant audience. The subject of the course may be French, but the incongruities of language spread into areas of conflict of the meaning of words and the 'out of date' subjects of grammar that occupy Marin's course outline.

Another fascinating aspect of this film about education in schools populated by 'difficult students' is the use of the device of entr'acte - diversions from the classroom into the teachers' lounge where we learn even more about the education and varied sociological systems and age and experience differences among the faculty influence that is at the core of this film. It all sounds and seems so extemporaneous that it makes the messages conveyed all the more powerful. Many will find this film too 'talky': there are almost no excursions outside the school and certainly no 'sidebars' to show the extracurricular lives of the mixed group of well drawn and acted students. The story unfolds slowly, like a conversation, and is offered by a set of actors who disappear completely into their roles. This is one of the few 'classroom films' that elects to inform rather than to preach and features a teacher who is as fallible as the students. Many lessons are here in this Class.

Grady Harp