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p2pnet news | Movies:- What amounts to a French reality docu-drama has won the top prize at Cannes.
“Critics hailed the first French victory at the Cannes film festival for 21 years, after the acclaimed classroom drama ‘Entre Les Murs’ (The Class) won the Palme d’Or for best picture late on Sunday,” says the Washington Post.
It, “marked another high point for French cinema, which has already celebrated a rare best actress Oscar for Marion Cotillard and a home-made box office hit ‘Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis’,” it says.
The Class, is a “docu-realist” feature about teaching a, “tough class of 14-year-olds in a Paris school,” says the Guardian.
The win, “prompted a standing ovation in the Palais des Festivals for director Laurent Cantet, actor and author François Begaudeau, and several dozen real-life students who appeared in the film,” says the Toronto Star, adding:
“Entre les Murs, which plays like a Gallic To Sir, With Love, is based on Begaudeau’s autobiographical novel about his experiences teaching in an inner-city school in Paris.
“Jury president Sean Penn said the Palme decision was one of two unanimous ones by his nine-member panel in its deliberations over 22 competing movies viewed during the 12-day festival.”
Laurent Cantet directed with, “great sensitivity a story about two generations and school’s role in everybody’s life,” says the YouTube clip (French).
“The movie is about Francois, a brilliant teacher in a high school, challenged by a student who doesn’t like his methods,” it says.
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Washington Post - Cannes closes on last-minute high for French film, May 26, 2008
Guardian - The final word, May 26, 2008
Toronto Star - French flick takes the Palme d’Or, May 26, 2008
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May 26th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Oh, I thought that the photo at the top were the people watching the film. My bad.
Just my two cents