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Quand on a 17 ans
- Runtime:
- 116 min.
- Year of Production:
- 2014
- Country:
- France
- Director:
- Cast:
- Sandrine Kiberlain
Kacey Mottet Klein
Corentin Fila
Alexis Loret - Production Company:
- Fidelité Films
- Berlinale Section:
- Competition
- Berlinale Category:
- Feature Film
Damien and Thomas attend the same grammar school class.They cannot stand each other and whenever verbal insuls fail to do enough damage they take a swing at each other. Yet they could just as easily be friends. Damien’s mother Marianne is a country doctor and his father a military pilot on a tour of duty abroad. Thomas is of Maghrebi descent and is the adopted son of a farming family living on a remote farm in the mountains. After several miscarriages the farmer’s wife is expecting again and, since her pregnancy promises to be a difficult one, Marianne invites the withdrawn boy to come and stay with them for a while. Damien and Thomas find themselves having to live under the same roof ... André Techiné has already taken part in the Berlinale Competition several times with films such as Les temps qui changent (2005) and Les témoins (2007). In Quand on a 17 ans he explores what it is like to grow up in different social environments in this portrait of two confused youths trying to govern their emotions. A rugged village in the mountains of south-western France as the seasons pass becomes the psychological landscape of the relationship between two young men which vacillates between disdain and attraction.
BIOGRAFIE André Téchiné
Born in Valence d’Agen, France in 1943, he wrote for the film magazine ‘Cahiers du Cinéma’ between 1964 and 1967 and then became assistant director to Jacques Rivette. He first began directing in Parisian theatre before becoming a screenwriter and film director at the beginning of the 1970s. His greatest successes include MA SAISON PRÉFERÉE (MY FAVORITE SEASON) and his multi-award- winning drama LES ROSEAUX SAUVAGES (WILD REEDS). He was most recently in the Berlinale Competition in 2007 with LES TÉMOINS (THE WITNESSES).
FILMOGRAFIE André Téchiné (selection)
2019 L'adieu à la nuit
2017 Nos années folles
2016 Quand on a 17 ans
2014 Quand on a 17 ans
2013 Tous les Garçons et les Filles de leur Age
2012 L'homme qu'on avait trop
2011 Impardonnables
2009 La fille du RER
2006 Les Témoins
2004 Les Temps Qui Changent
2003 Les Égarés
2001 Loin
1998 Alice et Martin
1994 Les Voleurs
1994 Les Roseaux Sauvages
1993 Ma Saison Préférée
1991 J'embrasse pas
1987 Les Innocents
1986 Le Lieu du Crime
1985 Rendez-vous
1983 La Matiouette
1981 Hotel des Amériques
1979 Les Coeurs Bronte
1976 Barocco
1975 Souvenir d'en France
1969 Paulina s'en va
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