The Brats

The Brats

2013 · 95 min · FR · 6.1 (508 votes)
Dir. Anthony Marciano · Starring Alain Chabat, Max Boublil, Sandrine Kiberlain, Mélanie Bernier, Arié Elmaleh, Elisa Sednaoui · Music Anthony Marciano
Comedy

Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas not to marry his daughter Lola and encourages him to drop everything else in his life as well. The two men then throw themselves into a new brats' life full of adventure, convinced that freedom is elsewhere. But at what cost do we rediscover our adolescent dreams?

VIBE

This film feels like a darkly funny, existential spiral into regret. It's a quirky, dialogue-driven indie that questions the cost of chasing lost youth, leaving you with a cynical, yet oddly liberating, sense of dread.

cynicalabsurdistdarkly comedicexistentialsteadyquirky indiecharacter-drivendialogue-heavymidlife crisisregretfreedommasculinity
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