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[Friendly reminder: Please choose the prestige (WX) version for the nine-area disc, there is no perfect Chinese subtitle on the shooter. If you learn French/are interested in French, then this film is even more not to be missed]
"The Classroom"
●Director: Laurent
Conté ●Starring: François Begoteau
"The Classroom" The teachers and students are all non-professional actors , but won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Many commentators have pointed out that it has a keen insight into the problems of French education - even though it is ostensibly concerned only with the descendants of immigrants.
This film just won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and many domestic media used words such as "matching "Dead Poets Society" to introduce this unexpected work. The same class, the same lecturer and students, in fact, the two films are very different. It's hard to feel the enthusiasm and inspiration in "The Class" (The Class), on the contrary, the French teacher in the film is depressed, embarrassed, and sometimes overwhelmed. There are about 20 junior high school students in his class, with different backgrounds and skin colors, and many of them are really not obedient materials—they like to catch the teacher's omissions, express doubts loudly, and even scold them directly. For example, in the first conflict in the film, the teacher used Bill as an example on the blackboard, and the following students rebelled, dissatisfied with why they chose a common name of white people. If in a private aristocratic school, they were all French in the traditional sense, obviously there would not be such an embarrassment.
After The Classroom appeared, many commentators pointed out that it had a keen insight into what was wrong with French education—even though it was ostensibly concerned only with the descendants of immigrants. Among the students are black descendants from Mali, North African Arabs from Morocco, and Asian Chinese. Some of them like the French team and Zidane, and some admit that they cannot integrate into the surrounding society. A small classroom in this public school has become a real specimen of French society.
There are several wonderful conflicts in the film. The teacher asked the black girl to read a paragraph, but she was unwilling to live or die. She was extremely reluctant until she stayed after class to ask questions, and she wrote a protest letter afterwards. Her refusal to give in made the teacher extremely annoyed. He could not understand what was wrong with the student, and was really annoyed by the uncooperative attitude of the other party. The differences in the thinking of different students are reflected in some seemingly simple conversations. The film does not call for the elimination of prejudice and misunderstanding from the teacher's point of view, but instead exposes the teacher's plight. Meet with parents, parents of students who are also multiracial and multicultural. In the exchange of questions and answers, the film subtly and accurately forms cross-cultural interactions, and does not impose any point of view to preach.
Due to limited interior space, the film used three cameras to record the actors' dialogue and impromptu reactions on multiple cameras. The director said that it is absolutely impossible to film the students finishing a paragraph first, and then transfer the filming of the teacher to see his expression. Once this is done, the audience can feel that the character's emotions are interrupted. In addition, the teachers and students in the film are all non-professional actors. Only when they are involved in a fierce classroom discussion will different students find another identity and release their personal charm in the continuous dialogue.
"Classroom Situation" provides young people's classroom life that breathes with the times, so it is special and precious. Being able to devote his true skills to the noise and chatter is also the realm of director Laurent Cantet. 【Southern Capital http://epaper.nddaily.com/C/html/2009-04/18/content_764173.htm】
Although you have to endure the impact of the plot designed by the director in the second half, the amazingly real and energetic classroom scenes Still impresses me. ——James Bell ("Sight and Sound")
I think I saw the rebirth of the film, the film has the glow of passionate humanity, it is not just a "movie". -- "Prospect" Mark Cousins
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