To Be Sixteen | |
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French | Avoir 16 ans |
Directed by | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
Written by | Jean Pierre Lefebvre Claude Paquette |
Produced by | Marguerite Duparc |
Starring | Yves Benoît Aubert Pallascio Gilles Renaud |
Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
Edited by | Marguerite Duparc |
Music by |
Gilles Bellemare Alain Lamontagne Paul Piché |
Production company | Cinak |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
To Be Sixteen ( French: Avoir 16 ans) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1979. [1] The film stars Yves Benoît as Louis, a 16-year-old high school student who is sent to a mental institution by his father ( Aubert Pallascio) to punish him for his rebelliousness, and is under the care of a psychiatrist ( Gilles Renaud). [2]
The film's cast also includes Marthe Choquette, Michèle Magny, Éric Beauséjour, Frédérique Collin, Pierre Curzi, Lise L'Heureux and Jean Marchand. [2]
The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight stream at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, [3] and was later screened in the Critics Choice program at the 1979 Festival of Festivals. [4]
To Be Sixteen | |
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French | Avoir 16 ans |
Directed by | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
Written by | Jean Pierre Lefebvre Claude Paquette |
Produced by | Marguerite Duparc |
Starring | Yves Benoît Aubert Pallascio Gilles Renaud |
Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
Edited by | Marguerite Duparc |
Music by |
Gilles Bellemare Alain Lamontagne Paul Piché |
Production company | Cinak |
Release date |
|
Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
To Be Sixteen ( French: Avoir 16 ans) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1979. [1] The film stars Yves Benoît as Louis, a 16-year-old high school student who is sent to a mental institution by his father ( Aubert Pallascio) to punish him for his rebelliousness, and is under the care of a psychiatrist ( Gilles Renaud). [2]
The film's cast also includes Marthe Choquette, Michèle Magny, Éric Beauséjour, Frédérique Collin, Pierre Curzi, Lise L'Heureux and Jean Marchand. [2]
The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight stream at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, [3] and was later screened in the Critics Choice program at the 1979 Festival of Festivals. [4]