Synopsis
Emma and Anaïs are best friends and yet everything in their life seems to oppose them, their social background but also their personality. From the age of 13 to 18, Adolescentes follows the two teenagers during these years where radical transformations and first times punctuate daily life. Through their personal stories, the film offers a rare portray of France and its recent history.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
- Co-productions : Arte France Cinéma, Chaocorp Distribution
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Party Film Sales
- French distribution : Ad Vitam
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Muriel Meynard
- Screenwriter : Sébastien Lifshitz
- Directors of Photography : Antoine Parouty, Paul Guilhaume
- Music Composer : Tindersticks (Groupe)
- Editor : Tina Baz
- Sound recordists : Yolande Decarsin, Clément Laforce
- Sound editors : Jeanne Delplancq, Fanny Martin
- Sound Mixer : Olivier Goinard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary
- Themes : Adolescence
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
Box-office & releases
News & awards
News (9)
Selections (15)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2021
Les Perles de l’Institut français
Awards (4)
Delegations (2)
About
In a masterful and universal documentary that recalls Boyhood, the director paints the portrait of two young friends in Brive-La-Gaillarde, following them over five years. We share the experiences of rural youths in France during the 2010s.