Country: France
Year: 1996
Duration: 85'
Four young men living in the fast lane in the French countryside, who choose to live and love even amidst the racism and homophobia of their oppressive local community. Quentin, a promising nineteen-year-old writer, is the catalyst and the center of the passions of this group of French “rebels without a cause”. Morel has previously worked as a screenwriter and actor for director André Techiné, as well as being his muse. At the age of 25 he has now made his directorial debut paying tribute to the legend of James Dean. Crafting a coming-of-age story dominated by the wildest passions, which turn into a desire and a search for freedom.
Biography
film director
Gaël Morel
Gaël Morel (France, 1972) made his debut with the short film À corps perdu (1992) and then worked, as an actor, with André Téchiné in Wild Reeds (1994). He presented his first feature film, Full Speed (1996), at Cannes. This was followed by Under Another Sky (2002), which won the FIPRESCI Prize in Toronto, Three Dancing Slaves (2004), After Him (2007), Our Paradise (2011) and Family, You Hate Me (2020). With To Live, to Die, to Live Again (2024) he took part in the last Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
& Credits
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Gaël Morel
Montaggio/Editing Catherine Schwartz
Fotografia/Photography Jeanne Lapoirie
Scenografia/Production Design Frédérique Hurpeau
Suono/Sound Jérôme Lévy, François Groult
Musica/Music The Big Cheese All Stars
Interpreti/Cast Stéphane Rideau, Élodie Bouchez, Pascal Cervo, Méziane Bardani, Salim Kechiouche, Romain Auger
Produttore/Producer Laurent Bénégui, Valérie Fumet, Philippe Missonnier, Fabienne Morin, Thomas Ordonneau
Produzione/Production Magouric, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Montaggio/Editing Catherine Schwartz
Fotografia/Photography Jeanne Lapoirie
Scenografia/Production Design Frédérique Hurpeau
Suono/Sound Jérôme Lévy, François Groult
Musica/Music The Big Cheese All Stars
Interpreti/Cast Stéphane Rideau, Élodie Bouchez, Pascal Cervo, Méziane Bardani, Salim Kechiouche, Romain Auger
Produttore/Producer Laurent Bénégui, Valérie Fumet, Philippe Missonnier, Fabienne Morin, Thomas Ordonneau
Produzione/Production Magouric, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
