Esmeralda Ouertani as Sandra and Rachel Regulier as Khoumba in The Class
The Class is the story of a high school teacher working in a tough Paris neighborhood where ethnicities, cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom as it does in the world beyond the school environment.
What is the job, the chances of success of a well meaning teacher who wants to foster the student's potential to become part of main stream society where they and their families are marginalized?
That is the question posed in this autobiographic film.
It is a quiet film with few special effects or profound and alarming stressful moments as it poses a gentle yet provocative confrontation with our wish to help others despite insurmountable obstacle to this goal.
It isn't clear if the teacher Francois Begeaudeau succeeds or whether the children's resistance to change wins the day, but the struggle is certainly worth the price of admission.
See another side of Paris, the "charming" European city
Now playing at the Cobble Hill theater Brooklyn New York
Linda Z
WBAI Women's Collective
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