Laurent Cantet is a French director, born on June 15, 1961 at Melle (Deux-Sèvres). His parents were schoolteachers in Ardilleux.
On 25 May 2008, he received the Palme d’Or at the Festival de Cannes 2008, for the movie Entre les murs. –Wikipedia
ARTICLES ON THE WEB:
"French director Laurent Cantet’s “Entre les murs (The Class)” (2008): A beguiling, stimulating feature film on education resembling a documentary." Movies That Make You Think. Saturday, January 24, 2009
"Class act: How the French director Laurent Cantet netted an Oscar nomination."
The Independent. Sunday, 15 February 2009.
VIDEO CLIP (INTERVIEW)
Director Laurent Cantet-The Class. Metacafe.
