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The Adolescent

2001 · 75 min

A quiet, talky chamber piece that rewards patience with wry observation of awkward family reconnection.

Directed by: Pierre Léon
Genres: Drama
Starring: Luna Picoli-Truffaut, Nikos Maurice, Anne Benhaïem

Overview: Pierre Léon ingeniously condenses and updates Dostoevsky’s novel about a 19-year-old intellectual reconnecting with his estranged family in his impressive debut feature.

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Directed by: Pierre Léon
Genres: Drama
Starring: Luna Picoli-Truffaut, Nikos Maurice, Anne Benhaïem

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
coming-of-age
class
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
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Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Pierre Léon
Written by: Christophe Atabekian, Pierre Léon
Starring: Luna Picoli-Truffaut, Nikos Maurice, Anne Benhaïem, Jean-Claude Biette, Serge Bozon, Pierre Léon, Eva Truffaut, Mathieu Riboulet
Runtime: 75 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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