Summaries

A twelve-year-old boy from an abusive, dysfunctional family meets a kindred spirit during a summer holiday by the sea.

The story of an adult and a teenage couple during a brief summer holiday by the sea. While Nic's parents remain trapped in a precarious mutual dependency despite repeated attempts at reconciliation, their 12-year-old son tries to come to terms with his father's traumatizing violent outbursts in games with other children. He tries to teach Marie, who is of his age and suffers from her own relationship with her father, to feel nothing. In fact, both of them are transformed by their experience of the joys and pains of first love. A film about the first steps towards a life of one's own.—Swiss Films

Details

Keywords
  • 12 year old
  • young boy
  • summer
  • dysfunctional family
  • belting
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Feb 7, 2012
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin France Switzerland
Language Italian French
Filming locations Marina di Grosseto, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
Production companies Arsam International Classic Peacock Films

Box office

Budget $2000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 41m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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