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Laurent Cantet

Director

Laurent Cantet

Born June 15, 1961 in Melle, Deux-Sèvres, FranceDied April 25, 202413 films

Laurent Cantet was a French director and writer. In 2008 he won the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for The Class.

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The best way into Laurent Cantet's work
The Class posterFirst watchThe Class20087.0Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Human Resources poster6.9Human Resources1999Time Out poster6.7Time Out2001The Workshop poster6.0The Workshop20177 Days in Havana poster5.67 Days in Havana2012Foxfire poster5.7Foxfire2013

Filmography

13 films as director
  1. 2022Arthur RamboDirector
  2. 2017The WorkshopDirector
  3. 2014Return to IthacaDirector
  4. 2013FoxfireDirector
  5. 20127 Days in HavanaDirector
  6. 2008The ClassDirector
  7. 2006Heading SouthDirector
  8. 2001Time OutDirector
  9. 1999Human ResourcesDirector
  10. 1999The SanguinairesDirector
  11. 1995Summer GamesDirector
  12. 1994Tous à la manifDirector
  13. 1990Un été à BeyrouthDirector