French Inner City Schools Film Headed This Way Soon

Having won the top prize at Cannes last week, the French film "The Class" ("Entre les murs") is -- fingers crossed -- headed this way soon, according to Salon (10 from Cannes):

"Starring a multi-ethnic cast of actual high-school students -- playing fictional characters they developed themselves -- alongside writer and former teacher François Begaudeau, Cantet's portrait of conflict, tragedy and triumph across a single school year achieves an effortless clarity that's far more convincing than most of the talky, self-conscious documentaries about similar subject matter. Dramatically rewarding, often hilarious and ultimately heartbreaking, "The Class" has international hit written all over it."