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Battle of the Classes
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Title: Battle of the Classes

Release Date: 3 Apr 2019

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Karé Productions, France 2 Cinéma, UGC, Orange Studio, Chaocorp, SCOPE Pictures

Production Companies: Karé Productions, France 2 Cinéma, UGC, Orange Studio, Chaocorp, SCOPE Pictures

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?

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Average Vote: 5.9 (293 votes)

Cast

  • Sofia: Leïla Bekhti
  • Paul: Édouard Baer
  • Bensallah: Ramzy Bedia
  • Dounia: Eye Haïdara
  • M. Toledano: Laurent Capelluto
  • Milo's father: Sébastien Chassagne
  • Corentin: Tom Levy
  • Mlle Delamarre: Baya Kasmi
  • Nadir: Oussama Kheddam
  • Madame Traoré: Claudia Tagbo
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