Adolescents

Adolescents

2020 · 135 min · FR · 7.4 (77 votes)
Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz · Starring Emma Jaubert, Anaïs Chambeaudie · Music Tindersticks
Documentary

Emma and Anaïs are best friends and yet everything in their life seems to set them apart, their social backgrounds but also their personalities. From the age of thirteen to eighteen, Adolescentes follows the two teenagers during these years where radical transformations and first times punctuate daily life. Through their personal stories, the film offers a rare portrait of France and its recent history.

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A tender, observational dive into the messy, transformative years of adolescence. It captures the raw intensity of teenage friendship and self-discovery against a backdrop of everyday life, feeling both deeply personal and universally resonant.

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