The Country Years
Les années Campagne
Release: 1992-06-03
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 7.5
Drama
Romance
An 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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Baccara Production
Films A2
Les Films Ariane
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Cast
Pierre-Olivier Mornas
as Le Rouquin
Jean Grécault
as Le pêcheur
Sophie Carle
as Evelyne
Françoise Arnoul
as La grand-mère / Grandmother
Didier Flamand
as Le père / Father
Joël Barbouth
as L'oncle de Bébert
Didier Haudepin
Clémentine Célarié
as La mère / Mother
André Lacombe
as Triple Dose
Manuela Gourary
as La tante de Bébert / Bébert's aunt
Benoît Magimel
as Jules
Charles Aznavour
as Le Grand-Père / Grandfather
Julie Marboeuf
as Roselyne