La Boum (1980)

Directed by

Claude Pinoteau

Genre

comedy film, romance film, coming-of-age film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 1,220 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A thirteen year old girl starts at a new school in Paris and deals with typical teenage problems. At home her parents are having their own difficulties.

lightheartednostalgicwarmplayfulromanticcoming-of-agegentlebittersweet

What happens

La Boum (English title: The Party or Ready for Love) is a 1980 French teen romantic comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Sophie Marceau, appearing in her film début. Written by Danièle Thompson and Pinoteau, the film is about a thirteen-year-old French girl finding her way at a new high school and coping with domestic problems. The film earned 4,378,500 admissions in France and was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing the song "Reality". A sequel, La Boum 2, was released in 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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