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In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers as Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them.
Original Release
10/20/2021
US Release
02/11/2022
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Maya Vanderbeque | Nora |
Günter Duret | Abel |
Lena Girard Voss | Clémence |
Simon Caudry | Antoine / Antione |
Thao Maerten | David |
James Seguy | Malik |
Naël Ammama | Ismaël |
Émile Salamone | Matteo |
Karim Leklou | Finnigan / Le père |
Laurent Capelluto | Le père d'Antoine |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Maya Vanderbeque | Nora |
Günter Duret | Abel |
Lena Girard Voss | Clémence |
Simon Caudry | Antoine / Antione |
Thao Maerten | David |
James Seguy | Malik |
Naël Ammama | Ismaël |
Émile Salamone | Matteo |
Karim Leklou | Finnigan / Le père |
Laurent Capelluto | Le père d'Antoine |
Sandrine Blancke | Mme Franck |
Monia Douieb | L'institutrice d'Abel |
Michel Israel | Le directeur |
Sophia Leboutte | La surveillante cour |
Muriel Bersy | La surveillante midi |
Kylian Decorne | Le professeur de gym |
Anne-Pascale Clairembourg | La mère de Victoire |
Marie-Christine Georges | L'institutrice |
Jean-François Ravagnan | Le photographe |
Se-Young Park | Agnes / Mme Agnès |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jan De Clercq | Producer |
Annemie Degryse | Producer |
Stéphane Lhoest | Producer |
Philippe Logie | Producer |