06343cgm a2200817 i 4500 163321088 TxAuBib 20140711120000.0 d 090603t20092008||||||||||||||||||v|fre|u 9781435946255 1435946251 (OCoLC)607202322 TxAuBib rda fre eng spa eng spa fre eng The class = La clase [DVD] / Sony Pictures Classics ; Haut et Court presente en coproduction avec France 2 cinema ; avec la participation de Canal+, Cinecinema, France 2 ; en association avec Cofinova 4, Soficinema 3 ; avec la participation du Centre National de la Cinematographie de l'Asce et de la Region Ile-de-France ; un film de Laurent Cantet ; scenario, Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo, Francois Begaudeau ; produit par Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal, Barbara Letellier. Image [camera], Pierre Milon, Catherine Pujol, Georgi Lazarevski, Julie Conte, Vincent Buron, Arthur Chassaing, Romaine Kelfa ; montage [editing], Robin Campillo, Stephanie Leger ; costumes, Marie Le Garrec, Babeth Joinet, Camille Guille, Juliette Milon, Manuela Taco ; decoration [production design], Sabine Barthelemy, Helene Bellanger, Maryline Le Bihan, Laurent Dameme, Frederic Mas. Culver City, CA : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009. ©2008. 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Based on the autobiographical novel Entre les murs by Francois Begaudeau, published by Editions Gallimard in 2006. Originally produced as a French documentary in 2008. Special features: audio and video scene commentaries with director Laurent Cantet and writer/actor Francois Bejaudeau; making of The class; theatrical trailer. Special features: Audio and video scene commentaries with director Laurent Cantet and writer/actor Francois Bejaudeau (23 min.); Making of "The Class" [featurette] (42 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Previews (9 min.). Camera, Pierre Milon ... [et al.] ; editing, Robin Campillo, Stephanie Leger. Francois Begaudeau; students, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angelica Sancio, Arthur Fogel, Boubacar Toure, Burak Ozyilmaz, Carl Nanor, Cherif Bounaidja Rachedi, Dalla Doucoure, Damien Gomes, Esmeralda Ouertani, Eva Paradiso, Henriette Kasaruhanda, Juliette Demaille, Justine Wu, Rachel Regulier, Laura Baquela, Louise Grinberg, Lucie Landrevie, Nassim Amrabt, Qifei Huang, Rabah Nait Oufella, Samantha Soupirot, Franck Keita, Wei Huang; les profs [teachers], Anne Wallimann-Charpentier, Cecile Lagarde, Frederic Faujas, Vincent Robert, Olivier Dupeyron, Patrick Dueruil, Dorothee Guilbot, Anne Langlois, Vincent Gaire, Yvette Mournetas; other staff members, Julie Athenol, Jean-Michel Simonet, Olivier Pasquier, Stephane Longour, Abdoul Drahamane Sissoko, Aline Zimierski, Silma Aktar, Marie-Annette Sorrente. Based on Begaudeau's semi-autographical book Entre Les Murs (Between the Walls) "The Class" dramatizes a year in the life of a middle school in an immigrant heavy, multiracial neighborhood in Paris. The students are also nonprofessionals, and classroom sessions were improvised from workshops around specific themes. The documentary-approach to the filming puts the lie to the one-teacher-can-make-a-difference myth propagated by so many other films about school. The shifting classroom dynamics emphasize how traditions, economics, and language hold these students back, not only in education, but also with forging any kind of unified French identity. Additionally, the film suggests it is not just racists or reactionaries that are worrisome; it is when genuine idealists are finally worn down, when the gulf between meaning well and doing well becomes unbridgable. Until the system can be changed, both battles and victories will be moment to moment. MPAA rating: PG-13 for language. DVD, NTSC; region 1; 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital surround. 20140711. In French, dubbed English or dubbed Spanish; optional English or Spanish subtitles. Winner, 2008 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or--Laurent Cantet; Winner 2009 Cesar for Meilleur scenario adaptation (Best Writing-Adaptation)--Francois Begaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet. High schools France Drama. High school students France Drama. Teachers France Drama. Teenagers France Drama. Middle school education France​ Drama. Middle school students France​​ Drama. French literature Film adaptations. Paris (France) Drama. Foreign films France. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Feature films. France. Foreign language films French. Cantet, Laurent, director. Campillo, Robin, screenwriter. Begaudeau, Francois, 1971-, actor. Amrabt, Nassim, actor. Demaille, Juliette, actor. Baquela, Laura, actor. Rachedi, Cherif Bounaidja, actor. Doucoure, Dalla, actor. Benjo, Caroline, co-producer. Scotta, Carole, co-producer. Letellier, Barbara, co-producer. Sony Pictures Classics (Firm). Haut et Court (Firm). France 2 cinema (Firm). Studio Canal+. Cinecinema (Firm). Cofinova 4 (Firm). Soficinema 3 (Firm). Centre National de la Cinematographie (France). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm). https://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/entre-les-murs-m100072355 TXDRI