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The Country Years

Jun 3, 1992 · 1h 30m
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Drama
Romance

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
Directed by Philippe Leriche

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Baccara Production, Films A2, Les Films Ariane, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Country
FR

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