Here’s some good news for all the lovers of French cinema. According to Variety, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired domestic distribution rights for Laurent Cantet’s “The Class,” which won the prestigious Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Based on the book “Entre les murs” by François Bégaudeau, the film documents daily life in a junior high school classroom. Sony Pictures Classics will also release the film in Australia, Mexico and New Zealand.

Cantet also directed “Heading South” and the fantastic “L’emploi du temps.”

I’m definitely excited about this. There are so many great French films out there that never make it to the United States, and I’m glad some American distributors try to release at least those foreign films that win critical praise or score big at the international box offices.