It may not be a world premiere, but the New York Film Festival have nabbed one of the best pictures of the year in Laurent Cantet’s “The Class” (Entre Les murs). I had the good fortune of capping off my Cannes film festival marathon of film watching with this docu-drama, a poignant, bold, hyper-realistic microscopic portrait of urban youth, class system differences and teacher-student relations.
“Laurent Cantet has pioneered a new kind of social cinema,” said selection committee chair Richard Pena, “one that explores the key issues of our day, from contemporary labor struggles to First World/Third World relations and now to education, with a startling boldness and freshness in approach.”
The festival runs between the 26th of September to the 12th of October.
