The Country Years
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
as Jules
Charles Aznavour
as Le Grand-Père / Grandfather
Sophie Carle
as Evelyne
Clémentine Célarié
as La mère / Mother
Françoise Arnoul
as La grand-mère / Grandmother
Didier Flamand
as Le père / Father
André Lacombe
as Triple Dose
Sylvain Stathatos
as Bébert
Pierre-Olivier Mornas
as Le Rouquin
Renaud Ménager
as Trapu
