A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
Acting
Sophie Marceau's raw, unpolished debut magnetism.
Production
Paris 1980: beige apartments, bad hair, real feels.
Costume
The party outfit: peak awkward teen fashion archaeology.
Director
Claude Pinoteau
Claude Brasseur
François Beretton
Brigitte Fossey
Françoise Beretton
Sophie Marceau
Victoire Beretton, aka 'Vic'
Denise Grey
Mrs Valadier aka 'Poupette', Vic's great grandmother
Jean-Michel Dupuis
Etienne, François' dentist friend
Alexandre Sterling
Mathieu
Sheila O'Connor
Pénélope Fontanet
Alexandra Gonin
Samantha Fontanet
Frédéric de Pasquale
Antoine
Laurent N'Diaye
Arnaud
Diane Bellego
Éliane
Dominique Lavanant
Vanessa, François' ex-mistress
Bernard Giraudeau
Éric Lehman, Vic's German teacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This launched Sophie Marceau at 13; she became France's biggest star within five years.
Pinoteau basically invented the French teen film template here—La Boum owes everything to this.
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