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Red Ants

Nov 14, 2007
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Drama

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A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Stéphan Carpiaux. A tragic accident has claimed the life of Alex's mother, and now the grieving teen will be forced to grow up before her time. Though Alex's father Frank wages a valiant struggle to overcome the apathy that consumes him following the loss of his beloved wife, the situation grows complicated when the naïve adolescent unintentionally compounds her father's pain. As tenderness threatens to give way to desire, Alex makes the acquaintance of twenty-two year old Hector. Later, as a friendship begins to blossom between Alex and Heather, Alex becomes acutely aware of just how damaging her relationship with her father has become.

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CAST

Déborah François
Alex
Frédéric Pierrot
Franck
Arthur Jugnot
Hector
Julie Gayet
Anne
Claire Johnston
Irène
Norbert Rutili
le professeur
Franck Sasonoff
Kremer
Jean-François Wolff
l'épicier
Directed by Stephan Carpiaux

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
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Revenue
—
Production
Banana Films, Hemispheres Films, Librisfilms
Country
FR
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