14° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Feature Film Competition 1996
Mes 17 ans (in Les mercredis de la vie)
by Philippe Faucon
Country: France
Year: 1996
Duration: 74'
Barbara is a girl who is stricken with anorexia and sudden mood changes. She is admitted to a therapy center. Her poor relationship with her parents is probably the basis of her problems. Barbara ends up falling in love with Anthony, a drug addict ten years older than her. Barbara is still a virgin and does not know much about AIDS. Anthony convinces her to make love without a condom and does not tell her that he is sieropositive. Barbara discovers the meaning of the words "sieropositive condition" very soon.
Biography
film director
Philippe Faucon
Philippe Faucon (Oujida, Morocco; 1958) pursued university studies in Modern Literature. In 1989 he directed several episodes of the television series Portraits des Français, and made his first short film. His first feature film, L'amour, received the "Perspective du cinéma français" prize at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. In 1992 Faucon made his second feature for television, played by the young Catherine Klein, who also worked in Muriel fait le désespoir de ses parents, presented in competition last year at the Turin Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Andre Mongelma, champion de France de boxe poids moyens, cinq minutes avanr la rencontre Mongelma-O'Tolle (cm, 1989), Dominique de Sales, sage femme (cm, 1989), L'amour (film Tv, 1989), Sabine (film Tv, 1992), Muriel fait le désespoir de ses parents (1994), Mes dix-sept ans (film Tv, 1996).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Philippe Faucon.
Plot: Barbara Samson.
Screenplay: Philippe Faucon, William Karel.
Director of photography: Pierre Milon.
Editor: Ariane Doublet.
Music: Benoit Schlossberg.
Sound: Suzanne Durand.
Cast and characters: Valentine Vidal (Barbara), Brigitte Rouan (madre di Barbara), Toufik Daas (Anthony), Tita Susani (Sophie), Pierre Beziers (padre di Barbara).
Produttori: Robert Rea, Nìcole Pham.
Production company: Ellipse Programme, 15 square de Vergennes, 75015 Paris, France, tel. +33145310001, fax +33142503628.
Foreign sales agent: Canal Plus Distribution, 6 boulevard de la République, 92154 Boulogne Cedex, France, tel. +331 46101200, fax +33146101220.
Plot: Barbara Samson.
Screenplay: Philippe Faucon, William Karel.
Director of photography: Pierre Milon.
Editor: Ariane Doublet.
Music: Benoit Schlossberg.
Sound: Suzanne Durand.
Cast and characters: Valentine Vidal (Barbara), Brigitte Rouan (madre di Barbara), Toufik Daas (Anthony), Tita Susani (Sophie), Pierre Beziers (padre di Barbara).
Produttori: Robert Rea, Nìcole Pham.
Production company: Ellipse Programme, 15 square de Vergennes, 75015 Paris, France, tel. +33145310001, fax +33142503628.
Foreign sales agent: Canal Plus Distribution, 6 boulevard de la République, 92154 Boulogne Cedex, France, tel. +331 46101200, fax +33146101220.
