He worked on the screenplay for '' Entre les murs '' ( 2008 ) , a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name , in collaboration with the film 's director Laurent Cantet . Bégaudeau also starred as the lead in the film , which went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival . The film also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009 , though it ultimately lost to Japan 's '' Departures '' . The English-language version of '' Entre les murs '' was published in April 2009 by Seven Stories Press under the title '' The Class ''
2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
François Bégaudeau