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A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
Top billed cast
Isabelle AdjaniSonia Bergerac
Denis PodalydèsChief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
Jackie BerroyerPrincipal
Yann ColletteBechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior
Nathalie BesançonMinister of the Interior
Marc CittiFrédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband
Yann EbongéStudent Mouss M'Diop
Kévin AzaïsStudent Sébastien Lenoir
Sonia AmoriStudent Nawel Jabli
Khalid BerkouzStudent Mehmet
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