THE Cannes film festival wrapped up on Sunday after awarding its top prize to a French classroom drama with a cast of amateurs in a banner year for movies with a conscience.
In a popular choice, the jury led by US actor-director Sean Penn gave the festival’s coveted Palme d’Or to The Class, featuring a multicultural cast of first-time teenage actors all plucked from the same Parisian secondary school.
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