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Sans rancune !

2009 · 104 min

A gentle, nostalgic boarding-school mystery that blends literary warmth with a quiet, unsettling search for a lost father.

Overview: 1955, un internat en Belgique. Laurent Matagne, 17 ans, croit discerner sous l'identité de son professeur de français surnommé "Vapeur", son père disparu lors d'un raid aérien pendant la guerre 40. Vapeur est excentrique, mystérieux, inquiétant, brillant, et il communique vite à Laurent sa passion pour la littérature, au point de susciter chez lui une vocation d'écrivain. Matagne et son ami Boulette décident de mener l'enquête. Alors qu'ils échafaudent un plan pour confondre Vapeur, Matagne s'attèle à son premier roman.
How it feels: Warm, eerie, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, coming-of-age, grief, obsession
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
grief
obsession
friendship
Places: school
small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild