"We Wanted To Show a Teacher with All His Weaknesses, Who Doesn't Know Everything, Who Sometimes Makes Big Mistakes...": Laurent Cantet on The Class

French director Laurent Cantet, whose films include Human Resources, Heading South, The Workshop and his Palme d’Or-winning The Class, died today at the age of 63. With this sad news we are reposting Brandon Harris’s interview with Cantet about The Class from our Spring, 2008 print edition. -- Editor Starting with 1999's Human Resources, Laurent Cantet has quickly built an international reputation as France's most socially engaged narrative filmmaker, crafting films that highlight the ever l...