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And Their Children After Them (2024)

And Their Children After Them poster
Original title
Leurs enfants après eux
Directed by
Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma
Genre
drama film, coming-of-age film
Country
France
Runtime
2h 26m
Rated
18
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 145 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s France, a teenager from a struggling family spends a summer chasing a girl from a wealthier background. The story follows his attempts to escape his small town life and the consequences of his choices.

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What happens

And Their Children After Them (French: Leurs enfants après eux) is a 2024 French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Ludovic Boukherma and Zoran Boukherma. It is an adaptation of the 2018 novel of the same name by Nicolas Mathieu. It stars Paul Kircher, Angelina Woreth, Sayyid El Alami, Gilles Lellouche and Ludivine Sagnier. The film premiered on 31 August 2024 at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where Kircher won the Marcello Mastroianni Award. It won the top prize (Giraldillo de Oro) in 2024 at Spain's Seville European Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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