Synopsis
Abandoned by his mother at the age of six, Malony is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence, a children’s magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann, a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood. Together they follow the boy’s journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter educational centre, where he meets Tess, a very special young girl who will show him that there are reasons for hope.
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Original Title |
LA TÊTE HAUTE |
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Italian Title |
A TESTA ALTA |
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Category |
Out of competition |
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Section |
Giffoni50 Review |
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Tipology |
Feature Film |
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Duration |
119' |
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Production Year |
2015 |
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Nationality |
France |
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Directed by |
Emmanuelle Bercot |
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Screenplay |
Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Romano |
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Director of photography |
Guillaume Schiffman |
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Editor |
Julien Leloup |
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Production Design |
Éric Barboza |
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Costume Design |
Pascaline Chavanne |
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Sound |
Pierre André |
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Music |
Éric Neveux |
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Main cast |
Catherine Deneuve
Rod Paradot
Benoît Magimel
Sara Forestier
Diane Rouxel
Elizabeth Mazev |
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Produced by |
François Kraus, Denis Pineau-Valencienne |
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 EMMANUELLE BERCOT
Born 1967, Paris. She is a director, screenwriter and actress. She studied at the École du spectacle, the Cours Florent and the film school La Fémis. As an actress, she worked for several directors, including Claude Miller, Bertrand Tavernier, Claude Lelouch, Olivier Assayas. As a director, she made a number of short films, such as LES VACANCES (1997, which won the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival 1997), and the feature films CLÉMENT (2001), BACKSTAGE (2005), ON MY WAY (ELLE S’EN VA, 2013). STANDING TALL was the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival 2015, where she won the Best Actress award (ex aequo) for the feature film MON ROI, directed by Maïwenn. In 2016 she directed LA FILLE DE BREST. Currently she is working on a new film: DE SON VIVANT filming.
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