Being 17

2016 • 114 minutes

About this movie

BEING 17 is a moving exploration of adolescent sexual awakening from renowned French director André Téchiné (“Wild Reeds”) with a script he co-wrote with director Céline Sciamma (“Girlhood”). Damien and Thomas are French teenagers from very different upbringings who go to the same high school but can’t stand each other. When circumstances bring Damien’s mother Marianne (played by Sandrine Kiberlain) to invite Thomas to live with them, the young men are forced to coexist and work through their emerging attraction and complicated desires.

Ratings and reviews

The movie was good at first but got very weird towards the end. A lot of random stuff happened such as the mom getting raped (?) and then Damien dragging Tom to a guy's house, only to have Tom become friends with the guy. Unfortunately an off-putter for me

I give this a 5☆. Love the story, the way of life and all the actor's and the characters each played. Never give up on Love people's, life is too short!

Great movie! I recommend!