Being 17
Being 17

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Generally absent French army rescue helicopter pilot Nathan Delille's teen son Damien Delille is the model student in his Alpine village school. He takes self-defense lessons from veteran neighbor Paolo, needed as non-provoking victim of class bully Thomas Chardoul, doting adopted son of petty cattle farmers Jacques and Christine Chardoul. Unaware and questioning that Damien is the innocent party when the principal, who guessed right, thus punishes both as fighters, his mothe... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Being 17:

Sandrine Kiberlain
Kacey Mottet Klein
Corentin Fila
Alexis Loret
Jean Fornerod
Mama Prassinos

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Generally absent French army rescue helicopter pilot Nathan Delille's teen son Damien Delille is the model student in his Alpine village school. He takes self-defense lessons from veteran neighbor Paolo, needed as non-provoking victim of class bully Thomas Chardoul, doting adopted son of petty cattle farmers Jacques and Christine Chardoul. Unaware and questioning that Damien is the innocent party when the principal, who guessed right, thus punishes both as fighters, his mother, local Dr. Marianne Delille, takes Thomas in after diagnosing his mother pregnant. The boys are forced to play friends, fight in secret, yet bond over confidences as closet gay Damien's grades slip due to a crush on Tom, who takes over a class champion thanks to home tutoring. They are separated as their now irrelevant fights come out, yet reunite intimately after a family tragedy.

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Variety - 10/10 by Peter DebrugeThis vibrant portrait feels like something of a revelation, which is remarkable, really, considering how many more films have tackled coming-of-age than the relatively niche experience of coming out.
The Hollywood Reporter - 10/10 by David RooneyAn ultra-naturalistic slice of rocky adolescent life that combines violence and sensuality, wrenching loss and tender discovery.
TheWrap - 9/10 by Dave WhiteTéchiné intuitively favors movement over chatter, and he directs his young actors toward intimate, yearning performances.
Slant Magazine - 9/10 by Diego SemereneAndré Téchiné does justice to the closeness between repulsion and desire, difference and sameness, heterosexuality and homosexuality.
RogerEbert.com - 9/10 by Glenn KennyThis isn’t a film that makes a big deal of its contemporary authenticity; it wears its carefully measured elements lightly, the better to shine a light on its intriguing characters.
Philadelphia Inquirer - 9/10 by Tirdad DerakhshaniA richly observed coming-of-age drama about two teenage boys who are drawn to each other with a complicated mix of attraction, repulsion, tenderness, and aggression.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - 9/10 by Brad WheelerAge in Being 17 comes in awkward bursts, and yet the film moves sublimely. Director Téchiné, 73 years old, is wise beyond his years.
Screen International - 9/10 by Jonathan RomneyCo-scripted by Céline Sciamma, director of Water Lilies and Girlhood, Being 17 manifestly benefits from her insight into the problems of young people searching for their social and sexual identities; this, combined with Téchiné’s controlled vision and superb direction of actors, makes the new film a quietly potent proposition.
The New York Times - 9/10 by Stephen HoldenThe movie is not really about deciding whether you’re gay or straight — those terms are never spoken. It’s about the chemistry of two people at a moment in time.
Los Angeles Times - 9/10 by Justin ChangIf the film has a governing principle, it’s that love doesn’t take root in a vacuum, and its path is never perfectly straight.

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