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.

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128 min

Box Office

$28,814,580

Released Sep 2008

The Ensemble 36

Directed by

Laurent Cantet

Written byFrançois Bégaudeau, Laurent Cantet

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François Bégaudeau
François Marin, head teacher
Arthur Fogel
Arthur, student
Damien Gomes
Damien, student
Esmeralda Ouertani
Esmeralda, student
Rachel Regulier
Khoumba, student
Louise Grinberg
Louise, student

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François Bégaudeau

Arthur Fogel

Damien Gomes

Esmeralda Ouertani

Rachel Regulier

Louise Grinberg

Rabah Nait Oufella

Franck Keïta

Agame Malembo-Emene

Angélica Sancio

Boubacar Toure

Burak Özyilmaz

Carl Nanor

Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi

François Bégaudeau

Laurent Cantet

Pierre Milon

Robin Campillo

Simon Arnal

Caroline Benjo

Laurent Cantet

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