This document provides information on the characters in the French film "The Class". It lists the main cast members and the characters they portray, including Gérard Jugnot as Clément Mathieu, the new supervisor of a troubled boys' boarding school in 1949 France. Francois Berléand plays the role of Rachin, the egotistical principal who runs the school with a strict "action-reaction" disciplinary approach. The summary then provides context on the school setting and introduces Mathieu as challenging the principal's policies upon his arrival, causing tensions.