Laurent Cantet, Palme d’Or-winning French director, dies


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Screen— The French director of films including 2008's The Class was 63.

The Guardian—Laurent Cantet, film-maker who tackled diversity and class in France, dies aged 63. Director of Palme d’Or-winning film Entre les Murs (The Class) was much praised for humanism in projectsLaurent Cantet, the award-winning film-maker whose creations tackled some of the most complex issues of modern French society, including meritocracy, the education system, diversity and class struggle, has died aged 63 after an illness.Cantet was best known outside France for his film Entre les Murs (The Class), which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 2008. It depicted life...

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