The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic92/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
738 audience votes
Key crew
- François BégaudeauScreenplay
- Laurent CantetScreenplay
- Robin CampilloScreenplay
- Laurent CantetDirector
Cast
- François BégaudeauFrançois Marin, head teacher
- Arthur FogelArthur, student
- Damien GomesDamien, student
- Esmeralda OuertaniEsmeralda, student
- Rachel RegulierKhoumba, student
- Louise GrinbergLouise, student
- Rabah Nait OufellaRabah, student
- Franck KeïtaSouleyman, student
- Agame Malembo-EmeneAgame, student
- Angélica SancioAngélica, student
- Boubacar ToureBoubacar, student
- Burak ÖzyilmazBurak, student
Stills
Themes
immigrantclass societyparis, franceliteratureboredomsocially deprived familyillegal immigrationviolence in schoolseducationmulticulturalismrepublicanismteacher