Love Like Poison (2010)

Original title

Un poison violent

Directed by

Katell Quillévéré

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

15

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl in a small French town navigates her changing body and her first romantic feelings while her parents marriage crumbles around her. She finds comfort in her elderly grandfather and the local priest.

slow-burnmelancholicintimatetenderunsettlingrealisticunderstatedquietly emotional

What happens

Love Like Poison (French: Un poison violent, lit. 'A violent poison') is a 2010 French coming-of-age drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré and starring Clara Augarde, Lio and Michel Galabru. The film's title is taken from the song "Un poison violent, c'est ça l'amour" by Serge Gainsbourg. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Prix Jean Vigo in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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