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My Take
I have real affection for François Bégaudeau because he refuses to stay in one lane. He taught in a classroom, turned that experience into the semi-autobiographical novel Entre les murs, co-wrote the screenplay, and then played the teacher himself in The Class, which took the Palme d'Or in 2008 and an Oscar nomination the next year. Writer, critic, screenwriter, actor, director: that range could read as restlessness, but to me it reads as honesty, a man following the truth wherever the form demands. Finding the whole world inside one small classroom is no small feat. I deeply respect his grounded, unhurried way of making art.
Overview
François Bégaudeau (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa beɡodo]; born 27 April 1971) is a French novelist and essayist. He is best known for co-writing and starring in The Class (2008), a film based on his 2006 semi-autobiographical novel Entre les murs. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- François Bégaudeau
- Name (Japanese)
- フランソワ・ベゴドー
- Reading
- ふらんそわ・べごどー
- Born
- April 27, 1971 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Boar
- Origin
- Luçon, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / literary critic / screenwriter / actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Nantes University
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Prix France Culture/Télérama
- 2008 Palme d'Or
- 2009 César Award for Best Adaptation
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.