Top Cast
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Isabelle Adjani
Sonia Bergerac
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Denis Podalydès
Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
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Jackie Berroyer
Principal
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Yann Collette
Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior
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Nathalie Besançon
Minister of the Interior
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Marc Citti
Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband
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Yann Ebongé
Student Mouss M'Diop
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Kévin Azaïs
Student Sébastien Lenoir
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Sonia Amori
Student Nawel Jabli
Overview
A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
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Steve
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Sound and Fury
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A Dry White Season
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Brave the Dark
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The Principal
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Freedom Writers
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Cleveland Abduction
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Blackboard Jungle
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.