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1979 · Movie · 1h 30m · PG
The Adolescent
AudienceAudience: 5.9
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.
My takeArlo here—this is a intimate character study following a young person navigating the messy, confusing terrain of growing up. It's got that European art-house sensibility, introspective and sometimes uncomfortable, asking what it really means to become yourself when the world keeps telling you who to be.
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Cast
Francis HusterSimone SignoretLaetitia ChauveauEdith CleverJacques WeberJean-François BalmerHugues QuesterRoger Blin
Director
Jeanne Moreau
If tonight is a The Adolescent night…
…these live in the same corner of my head.
Want one picked out for tonight?
Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.