The Adolescent (1979)
L'Adolescente
In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.
- Date of release
- 1979-01-24
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jeanne Moreau
Casting
- Simone Signoret — Mamie
- Francis Huster — Alexandre
- Laetitia Chauveau — Marie
- Edith Clever — Eva, la mère
- Jacques Weber — Jean
- Jean-François Balmer — André, le menuisier
- Hugues Quester — Le fils du forgeron
- Roger Blin — Romain
- Frank Muth — François, 'l'innocent'
- Maurice Baquet — Jules, le cantonnier
- Nadine Basile — Rose, épouse du contonnier
- Françoise Bette — Violette
Interesting facts
The Adolescent is a French drama film directed by Jeanne Moreau in 1978, released January 1979. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Set deep in the French countryside just before the start of World War II, it shows the idyllic life of a remote village in the mountainous Auvergne where a family from Paris has come to holiday with relatives. The family get-together marks a coming-of-age for daughter Marie, the adolescent of the title.
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