BEING 17
synopsis
The story revolves around Damien, the son of a soldier, who lives in a barracks in Southwest France with his mother, a doctor, while his father has been despatched to Central Africa. The homosexual boy gets knocked around by another kid at school, Tom, whose adoptive mother has fallen ill. The revulsion and violence that they show towards one another is further stirred up when Damien’s mother decides to take Tom in under their roof...
international title: | Being 17 |
original title: | Quand on a 17 ans |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Elle Driver |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | André Téchiné |
release date: | FR 30/03/2016, BE 30/03/2016 |
screenplay: | André Téchiné, Céline Sciamma |
cast: | Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Alexis Loret, Corentin Fila |
producer: | Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier |
production: | Fidélité Films, Wild Bunch Production, France 2 Cinéma |
backing: | Région Midi-Pyrénées, La Banque Postale Image 8 |
distributor: | Wild Bunch Distribution, Lumière, Lumière, CINEMA |