The Workshop
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2018
March 8 - 18, 2018
The Class director Laurent Cantet returns with a tense, provocative exploration of contemporary French society as seen through the eyes of the next generation.
Q&A with Laurent Cantet on March 12
The Class director Laurent Cantet returns with another unique, provocative exploration of French society as seen through the eyes of the next generation. In the sunny coastal town of La Ciotat, a diverse group of teenagers assembles for a summer writer’s workshop led by Parisian novelist Olivia (César Best Actress nominee Marina Foïs). As the group talks through the novel they are co-writing—a murder mystery set in their town—the ethnic and political fault lines between them are gradually exposed, provoked by the brooding Antoine (Matthieu Lucci), whose fascination with far-right extremism grows increasingly worrying. What plays out is a tense, gripping, up-to-the-minute dispatch on the state of contemporary France. A Strand Releasing release. N.Y. Premiere
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