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Battle of the Classes

Battle of the Classes

20195.81h 43m

Overview

As everyone knows, children make no difference between social classes, skin colors or religions. But then why does Corentin, Paul and Sofia's nine-year-old son, only have friends like him at Bagnolet's school? And when his friends all leave for a private school in Paris, his parents are frightened. From now on, Corentin is the only one in his class. But the only what?

Directed by Michel Leclerc
Written by Baya Kasmi, Michel Leclerc
Produced by Fabrice Goldstein, Antoine Rein
Box Office0Revenue: $3.5M

Top Cast

Leïla Bekhti

Leïla Bekhti

Sofia

Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer

Paul

Ramzy Bedia

Ramzy Bedia

Bensallah

Eye Haïdara

Eye Haïdara

Dounia

Laurent Capelluto

Laurent Capelluto

M. Toledano

Sébastien Chassagne

Sébastien Chassagne

Milo's father

T

Tom Levy

Corentin

Baya Kasmi

Baya Kasmi

Mlle Delamarre

Oussama Kheddam

Oussama Kheddam

Nadir

Claudia Tagbo

Claudia Tagbo

Madame Traoré

Themes & Keywords

schoolsocial class

About Battle of the Classes

Battle of the Classes is a comedy film released in 2019 exploring themes of school, social class. Directed by Michel Leclerc, it stars Leïla Bekhti, Édouard Baer, Ramzy Bedia. As everyone knows, children make no difference between social classes, skin colors or religions. But then why does Corentin, Paul and Sofia's nine-year-old son, only have friends like him at Bagnolet's school? And when his friends all leave for a private school in Paris, his parents are frightened. From now on, Corentin is the only one in his class. But the only what?

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