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The Class: Laurent Cantet interview - 24 February 2009
- -We caught up with award-winning French director Laurent Cantet, on a stop off in London on his way to the Oscars to talk about his Cannes Palm d’Or winning, Academy award-nominated film The Class. A hard-hitting, frank look at the complexities of life in an

Time Out review by robertconnor from London, England

The Terrified Man... 19 January 2005
... family man has a mid-life crisis. Hardly an inspiring or original idea, yet Laurent Cantet creates a quite devastating and compelling landscape of one man's internal terr... Read customer review

Human Resources review by Cato from Lydbury North

Hard Times in the Factory 16 February 2008
...yed by Jalil Lespert, who is also in another film on the DVD, also directed by Laurent Cantet. The story of HR is also about generational issues. ... Read customer review

The Class review by Cirsh from Hebden Bridge

Moving the school film genre forward 2 May 2009
... lesson in education, teaching and film making. Although the film, directed by Laurent Cantet, was over two hours long, it was compelling watching and was (almost uncormfort... Read customer review

The Class on DVD (2009)
Starring: Laura Baquela, Olivier Dupeyron, Vincent Caire
Director: Laurent Cantet
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"The Class" is based on an autobiographical novel by Francois Begaudeau, a drama that follows the year in the life of a French schoolteacher working at a high-school in a tough neighborhood of Paris. Ethnicities, cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom. As amusing and inspiring as the ..read more »

69% from 9,189 members

Heading South on DVD (2006)
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal
Director: Laurent Cantet
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Three female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.

52% from 3,097 members

Time Out on DVD (2001)
Starring: Karin Viard, Aurelian Recoing, Serge Livrozet
Director: Laurent Cantet
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Vincent (Aurelien Recoing) spends a lot of time in his car. He sleeps in his car sometimes, parked in highway truck stops where buses full of school children pass through during the daytime, and at night stragglers lost en route stop to drink and tell their stories. Having been fired from his job ..read more »

61% from 1,721 member

Human Resources on DVD (1999)
Starring: Jalil Lespert, Caroline Benjo
Director: Laurent Cantet
Certificate:
Laurent Cantet's HUMAN RESOURCES tells the deeply personal story of a father-son relationship that is tested when their opposing attitudes toward work and life collide head on. Frank (Jalil Lespert) is a business school student who has returned from France for a summer internship at a factory in ..read more »

61% from 787 members

The Class - 3.5 stars
Heading South - 2.5 stars
Time Out - 3.0 stars
Human Resources - 3.0 stars

The Class - 3.5 stars
Human Resources - 3.0 stars
Time Out - 3.0 stars
Heading South - 2.5 stars

Heading South - 2.5 stars
Time Out - 3.0 stars
Human Resources - 3.0 stars
The Class - 3.5 stars

Arthur Fogel - 2 times - show films
Karen Young - 2 times - show films
Cherif Bounaidja Rachedi - 2 times - show films
Charlotte Rampling - 2 times - show films
François Bégaudeau - 2 times - show films