Sweet Thirteen

An unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.

Juliette goes back in her hometown to spend some time with her family. She finds herself between a loving but moody father, a New Age mother, a sister in the midst of an existential crisis, and a grandmother slowly losing her mind. Buried memories and family secrets rise to the surface in this sweet, tender and sometimes extravagant family portrait.

With his one-eyed eye, his imposing build and his almost sixty years of age, Raphael knows that he scares people. He lives with his mother in a pavilion located on the vast estate of the manor of which he is the guardian. Since the owners died, he leads a quiet existence. Everything changes the night when the heiress, Garance, returns to the family home.

A disturbing cloud has appeared from the west. It moves slowly towards the centre of the country, prompting the population to take to the roads. As it advances relentlessly, panic increases. It is a cloud of acid.

Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.

A sensitive 13-year-old watches her parents’ marriage unravel and struggles to keep her family together, clinging to the impossible hope that love will never end.

Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.

A couple of fisher-folk are joined by a young new apprentice in the middle of a raging storm.

Nina, a 16-year-old girl, dreams of adventure. Meanwhile, she spends the summer between her village in the south of France and the theme park where she works. Just before meeting Morad, a teenage boy from an Algerian family living in the nearby council houses, Nina sees a meteorite falling from the sky which it seems only she can see... like an omen.

Maryline, 16, is in love with Aymeric who works with her at the harbor. But under the influence of Mars on this summer day, she saves Ludovic from drowning.

Summer on an island. When school starts after the summer break, Mattis and his friends will go to a high school on the continent. Meanwhile, Mattis works on a fishing boat. In the port and on the sea, he discovers a world he never knew before.

Eydel is 20 years old and grew up in the Paris suburbs, in an Orthodox Jewish community. Like young women her age, she is waiting to meet her Mazal, her soul mate. Together, they oppose their criteria.

Confident Marion works at a seaside town as a lifeguard. Although she rather avoids others, she meets shy Elise. Yet when Elise starts drowning one day, it triggers not Marion’s lifesaving instinct, but a dark desire. And it changes not only her own life.