SPC makes sure that ‘The Class’ is not Dismissed

School’s out for summer, but Sony Pictures Classics have gladly taken on a huge homework assignment in the form of this year’s Palme d’or winner. Variety reports that the critically acclaimed favorite (also among IONCINEMA.com’s top 5 from Cannes) from Laurent Cantet (Heading South) has been picked up SPC along with the territories of Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.

Based on Francois Begaudeau’s book, Entre Les murs follows a junior high class over the course of a year as it tests its teacher’s methods. The film which was shown at the tale-end of the festival, it employs actual students and was filmed in a cinéma vérité-like type filmic style.

Scripted by Cantet, Francois Begaudeau, Robin Campillo – the main cast features Francois Begaudeau in the title role of the teacher trying to hold the fort together – among the student/actors we find:Esmerelda Ouertani, Franck Keita, Wei Huang, Henriette Kasaruhanda, Carl Nanor, Rachel Regulier and Jean-Michel Simonet.