Country: France
Year: 2011
Duration: 90'
In an ocean-side town, seventeen girls who attend the same high school decide that they will radically turn their tranquil provincial lives upside down and make a shocking decision. Leaving their neighbors thunderstruck, the adolescent girls decide to all get pregnant at the same moment, sparking the incomprehension of their peers and the adults. “The moment we heard about this news item, we realized it was both intriguing and very telling about today’s society. Indeed, this is something that could have happened in our hometown, Lorient. [...] The choices available here are few for teenagers, and parents, teachers, none of society has found a way to offer another outlook on life to them. The future is already mapped out for them in advance: a high school diploma, a job, marriage, kids – in that order. But these girls are going to upset everything: they want it all, all at once.”
Biography
film director
Delphine Coulin
Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin (Hennebont, Francia) have directed five short films, including Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux, which was awarded as best dramatic short at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 1997, and Souffle, winner of the critics award in 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival’s Semaine de la critique. Besides directing, Delphine is also an author, whereas Muriel also makes documentaries. 17 filles is their first feature film.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux (cm, 1997), Souffle (cm, 2000), Germain (cm, 2002), Roue Libre (cm, 2002), Seydou (cm, 2009), 17 filles (2011).
Muriel Coulin
Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin (Hennebont, Francia) have directed five short films, including Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux, which was awarded as best dramatic short at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 1997, and Souffle, winner of the critics award in 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival’s Semaine de la critique. Besides directing, Delphine is also an author, whereas Muriel also makes documentaries. 17 filles is their first feature film.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux (cm, 1997), Souffle (cm, 2000), Germain (cm, 2002), Roue Libre (cm, 2002), Seydou (cm, 2009), 17 filles (2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/directors, screenplay
Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
fotografia/cinematography
Jean-Louis Vialard
montaggio/film editing
Guy Lecorne
scenografia/production design
Benoît Pfauwadel
costumi/costume design
Dorothée Guiraud
suono/sound
Olivier Mauvezin
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Louise Grinberg (Camille), Juliette Darche (Julia), Roxanne Duran (Florence), Esther Garrel (Flavie), Yara Pilartz (Clémentine), Solène Rigot (Mathilde), Noémie Lvovsky (l’infermiera della scuola/School Nurse), Florence Thomassin (la madre di Camille/Camille’s Mother), Carlo Brandt (il preside/Head of the School), Frédéric Noaille (Florian), Arthur Verret (Tom)
produttore/producer
Denis Freyd
produzione/production
Archipel 35
coproduzione/coproduction
Arte
distribuzione/distribution
Teodora Film
vendita all’estero/world sales
Films Distribution
TFF
prizes
