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Next Year

2014 · 105 min

A quiet, observant coming-of-age story that lingers on the fragile intimacy of a friendship slowly changing.

Directed by
Vania Leturcq
Genres
Drama
Starring
Constance Rousseau, Jenna Thiam, Julien Boisselier
Overview
Clotilde and Aude are 18. They have always been best friends, growing up together in the same small village in the South of France. Despite their differences, they have a strong and exclusive friendship. With their contrasts they attract each other, and they seem to be enough for one another. But Clotilde, looking for something else, decides to leave to study in Paris the following year, after the baccalaureate. She takes Aude along with her in this departure far from their roots. Refusing to admit that their paths are separating little by little, Clotilde and Aude persuade themselves that their friendship can survive anything.

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Directed by
Vania Leturcq
Genres
Drama
Starring
Constance Rousseau, Jenna Thiam, Julien Boisselier
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

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Cinematography
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Country
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