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CANNES 2008: French film wins Cannes' top prize

                   
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May 25, 2008
        
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French director Laurent Cantet's "Entre les murs" (The Class) won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 61st Cannes Films Festival. A French film had not won the prize in 21 years. (Report: A. DUPUIS) ... Special Report Cannes Film Festival ... French film wins Cannes' top... [read full story]                    

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'The Class' takes top prize at Cannes

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Anti-mafia film takes Cannes runner-up

 news.com.au May 25, 2008
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'The Class' takes top prize at Cannes

politicalgateway.com
May 26, 2008
        

CANNES, France, May 25 (UPI) -- "The Class (Entre les murs)" took the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival in a unanimous decision by the jury, Daily Variety reported. Director Laurent Cantet's film -- based on French writer Francois Begaudeau's experiences as a middle school teacher, was...

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'The Class' takes top prize at Cannes

upi.com
May 26, 2008
        

CANNES, France, May 25 (UPI) -- "The Class (Entre les murs)" took the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival in a unanimous decision by the jury, Daily Variety reported. Director Laurent Cantet's film -- based on French writer Francois Begaudeau's experiences as a middle school teacher, was...

                   
castanet.net: French director Laurent Cantet, left, accepts with students from a Paris junior high school the Palme d'Or for best film for 'Entre Les Murs castanet.net

Classroom drama wins Cannes' prize (Entertainment)

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May 25, 2008
        

The Associated Press CANNES, France -- The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honors Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Laurent Cantet, "The Class" was the first French film to win the main...

Anti-mafia film takes Cannes runner-up

news.com.au
May 25, 2008
        

Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Cannes GOMORRAH, a movie on the Italian mafia based on a best-selling book, took the Cannes film festival's Grand Prix runner-up prize today. Gomorrah, by 39-year-old Matteo Garrone, is shot in flat realist style and follows a web of...