The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
This is the story of two childhood friends - Lucas (a 16-year-old high-schooler) and Bert (a mechanic’s apprentice) - who flee the suffocating fish bowl that their killjoy families’ lives have become. Lucas, still quite immature, finds a “big brother” in Bert, a guide who is going to take him straight to the brink of catastrophe. But very quickly, boredom resurfaces and the freewheeling sense of being on an adventure evades them. Should they return to the fold, or keep moving on? Their drifting logic compels them to blindly forge ahead.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Philippe de PierpontDirector
- Philippe de PierpontScreenplay
Cast
- Arthur BuyssensBert
- Martin NissenLucas
- Harry ClevenLe photographe
- Anne BeaupainLa mère de Lucas
- Juliette BertrandJulie
- Valentine JongenAline
- Christiane DargentonLa mère de Bert
- Eric LarcinLe garagiste
- Claude SemalLe père de Bert
Stills
Themes
friendshipcoming of age