In a rural French town, a 15-year-old closeted gay boy breaks free from his idolization of his older and ostensibly free-wheeling half-sister, learning to trust himself and become independent.
Acting
Pascal Cervo's fragile, watchful performance as Marc.
Direction
Corsini's unflinching eye for toxic affection.
Cinematography
The Ardennes as beautiful prison and escape route.
Director
Catherine Corsini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Corsini's debut announced her as a chronicler of women and queer people trapped by their own desires—two decades before she won Cannes with 'Summertime.'
Shot in 1993 when French cinema rarely centered gay adolescence without tragedy; Marc's survival itself was quietly radical.
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