Ahead of a release next month, a U.S. trailer has arrived for André Téchiné‘s latest drama Being 17, which premiered earlier this year at the Berlin International Film Festival. The story concerns Damien (Kacey Mottet Klein) who lives with his mother (Sandrine Kiberlain) while their father is away. Damien is bullied by Thomas (Corentin Fila) who’s lashing out due to his own mother falling ill. Suddenly, Damien finds his world meshed together when his mother invites Thomas to come live with them.
However, Damien’s relationship becomes complex as the two struggle through sexual awakenings and budding manhood. The film looks to sport some wonderful photography and intense, realistic performances from its young stars. See the trailer and a poster below, with a tip of the hat to FirstShowing.
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. 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.
Being 17 will have a limited theatrical run in the U.S. starting October 7th.