The Class

The French suburbs meets Do the Right Thing as a teacher turns his classroom into a pressure cooker. François tries to stay democratic but the kids keep dragging him into their turf wars. A classroom in microcosm that somehow feels like a whole society.

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Laurent Cantet directed The Class in 2008. See Laurent Cantet's full filmography, where to start with Laurent Cantet, or where to go after you've seen everything by Laurent Cantet.

The Class was released in 2008 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 128 minutes.