The Class
Summary: 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.
Release Date: March 13, 2009
Genre: Drama
Director:
Laurent Cantet
Runtime: 2 h 08 min
MPAA: PG-13
Production: Haut et Court, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Soficinéma 3, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances (ACSE), La Région Île-de-France, Cofinova 4, Fonds Images de la Diversité, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
Domestic: $ 3,766,810
International: $ 25,536,695
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