The Country Years
Directed by Philippe Leriche
Plot
An adolescent comes of age during a summer in the Rhône valley with his maternal grandparents. Jules seems a little too close to his mother and distant from his father, who wants Jules out of their Parisian house. It's to be a summer of transition, perhaps to a boarding school, and during these weeks in the country, Jules fishes with his grandfather; proves himself to the local youths, a group led by the bullying Red; takes on some tough guys; feels rejected by his mother; and, meets and pursues Evelyne, the village beauty. She's responsive, and Jules doesn't exactly know what to do next. Then, something happens that propels Jules into decisiveness and maturity.
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Cast
Benoît Magimel
Jules
Charles Aznavour
Le Grand-Père / Grandfather
Sophie Carle
Evelyne
Clémentine Célarié
La mère / Mother
Françoise Arnoul
La grand-mère / Grandmother
Didier Flamand
Le père / Father
André Lacombe
Triple Dose
Sylvain Stathatos
Bébert
Pierre-Olivier Mornas
Le Rouquin
Renaud Ménager
Trapu
Manuela Gourary
La tante de Bébert / Bébert's aunt
Joël Barbouth
L'oncle de Bébert
Julie Marboeuf
Roselyne
Francesco
Le maître-nageur
Catherine Derain
L'infirmière