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North Sea Texas
Why this pick
Like Being 17, it treats adolescent attraction as an intimate, unsettled process, with a tactile sense of place and a gentle but emotionally charged coming-of-age perspective.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2016 1h 56m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Smart and sensitive, Damien is a seventeen-year-old student who lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor. His father, Nathan, is a military pilot on a mission abroad. They enjoy a comfortable life in a small town located in a valley among the mountains of the Hautes-Pyrénées.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kacey Mottet Klein
Damien
Corentin Fila
Tom
Sandrine Kiberlain
Marianne
Alexis Loret
Nathan