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2015 · 85 min · ★ 4.6 · Drama

This is the story of two childhood friends - Lucas (a 16-year-old high-schooler) and Bert (a mechanic’s apprentice) - who flee the suffocating fish bowl that their killjoy families’ lives have become. Lucas, still quite immature, finds a “big brother” in Bert, a guide who is going to take him straight to the brink of catastrophe. But very quickly, boredom resurfaces and the freewheeling sense of being on an adventure evades them. Should they return to the fold, or keep moving on? Their drifting logic compels them to blindly forge ahead.

Directed by Philippe de Pierpont · Written by Philippe de Pierpont

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Arthur Buyssens Bert
Martin Nissen Lucas
Harry Cleven Le photographe
Anne Beaupain La mère de Lucas
Juliette Bertrand Julie
Valentine Jongen Aline
Christiane Dargenton La mère de Bert
Eric Larcin Le garagiste
Claude Semal Le père de Bert

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