Entre les murs

The Class

(France, 2008, 128 minutes)

A year in the life of a high school class and its head teacher in a Paris public school. Thoroughly absorbing school movie that is in fact truly inspirational, making its points quietly and incisively; shot like a documentary and improvised by a cast of non-professional, real students.

A Memento Films International. Haut et Court presents a Haut et Court production, in co-production with France 2 Cinéma; with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinécinéma and France 2; in association with Cofinova 4, Soficinéma 3; with the support of Centre National de la Cinématographie, ACSE, Région Île-de-France. Starring François Bégaudeau; Nassim Amrabt, Laura Baquela, Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi, Juliette Demaille, Dalla Doucoure, Arthur Fogel, Damien Gomes, Louise Grinberg, Qifei Huang, Wei Huang, Franck Keïta, Henriette Kasarhuanda, Lucie Landrevie, Agame Malembo-Emene, Rabah Naït Oufella, Carl Nanor, Esméralda Ouertani, Burak Özyilmaz, Eva Paradiso, Rachel Régulier, Angélica Sancio, Samantha Soupirot, Boubacar Touré, Justine Wu, Vincent Caire, Olivier Dupeyron, Patrick Dureuil, Frédéric Faujas, Dorothée Guilbot, Cécile Lagarde, Anne Langlois, Yvette Mournetas, Vincent Robert, Anne Wallimann-Charpentier, Julie Athenol, Jean-Michel Simonet, Olivier Pasquier, Stéphane Longour, Abdoul Drahamane Sissoko, Aline Zimierski, Slima Aktar, Marie-Antoinette Sorrente, Fatoumata Kanté, Cheick Baba Doumbia, Khalid Amrabt, Adeline Fogel, Lingfen Huang, Wenlong Huang, Sezer Özyilmaz, Marie-Laure Bulliard, Robert Demaille, Céline Spang. Directed by Laurent Cantet; produced by Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal, Barbara Letellier; screenplay by Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo, François Bégaudeau, based on the book by François Bégaudeau, Entre les murs; director of photography (Arane, widescreen), Pierre Milon; production designer, Sabine Barthélémy; costume designer, Marie le Garrec; film editors, Robin Campillo, Stéphanie Léger.