Being 17 (2016)1h56
Drama
Director André Téchiné
Also directed Wild Reeds, In the Name of My Daughter, Rendez-vous, and 22 more
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
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Cast
Sandrine Kiberlain
Kacey Mottet Klein
Corentin Fila
Alexis Loret
Jean Fornerod
Mama Prassinos
Jean Corso
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