The Country Years

Overview

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.

Cast

Benoît Magimel

Jules

Charles Aznavour

Le Grand-Père / Grandfather

Sophie Carle

Evelyne

Clémentine Célarié

La mère / Mother

Françoise Arnoul

La grand-mère / Grandmother

Didier Flamand

Le père / Father

André Lacombe

Triple Dose

N/A

Sylvain Stathatos

Bébert

Pierre-Olivier Mornas

Le Rouquin

N/A

Renaud Ménager

Trapu

Manuela Gourary

La tante de Bébert / Bébert's aunt

Joël Barbouth

L'oncle de Bébert