The Country Years
1992An adolescent comes of age during a summer in the Rhône valley with his maternal grandparents. Jules seems a little too close to his mother and distant from his father, who wants Jules out of their Parisian house. It's to be a summer of transition, perhaps to a boarding school, and during these weeks in the country, Jules fishes with his grandfather; proves himself to the local youths, a group led by the bullying Red; takes on some tough guys; feels rejected by his mother; and, meets and pursues Evelyne, the village beauty. She's responsive, and Jules doesn't exactly know what to do next. Then, something happens that propels Jules into decisiveness and maturity.
Acted in
Benoît Magimel
as Jules
Charles Aznavour
as Le Grand-Père / Grandfather
Sophie Carle
as Evelyne
Clémentine Célarié
as La mère / Mother
Françoise Arnoul
as La grand-mère / Grandmother
Didier Flamand
as Le père / Father
André Lacombe
as Triple Dose
Sylvain Stathatos
as Bébert
Pierre-Olivier Mornas
as Le Rouquin
Renaud Ménager
as Trapu
Manuela Gourary
as La tante de Bébert / Bébert's aunt
Joël Barbouth
as L'oncle de Bébert
Julie Marboeuf
as Roselyne
Francesco
as Le maître-nageur
Catherine Derain
as L'infirmière
Basille Minatchy
as Le costaud du bal
Jean Grécault
as Le pêcheur
Sonia Chambon
as Une fille de la bande
Anne Stoen
as Une fille de la bande
Jean Ducatez
as Un garçon de la bande
Maurice Mathieu
as Un garçon de la bande
Stéphanie Osselin
as Une fille de la bande
Didier Haudepin