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The New Kid
Why this pick
A warmly observed French school comedy that shares The French Kissers’ unvarnished adolescent embarrassment, fraught friendships, and comic attention to the social rules of the playground.
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MOVIE2009 1h 30m FRA
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Why this pick
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The Class
Why this pick
Less broad but equally alert to French school life: its naturalistic classroom tensions and sharply drawn teen dynamics offer the social realism beneath The French Kissers’ comedy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Hervé (Vincent Lacoste) is a teenage boy in junior high school with ordinary looks and middling grades, living with his single mother in a housing estate in Rennes. He and his best friend Camel (Anthony Sonigo) often fantastize about their female classmates and their mothers, but have less luck with girls in reality.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Vincent Lacoste
Hervé
Anthony Sonigo
Camel
Valeria Golino
La fille de la vidéo
Nicolas Maury
Le prof de français
Noémie Lvovsky
La mère d'Hervé
Irène Jacob
La mère d'Aurore
Christophe Vandevelde
Le père d'Hervé
Marjane Satrapi
La vendeuse du magasin de musique