Country: Belgium, Switzerland, France
Year: 2015
Duration: 95'
Fifteen-year-old Maxime and Mélanie are in love. With curiosity and passion they throw themselves into discovering their sexuality. When Mélanie becomes pregnant, Maxime finds himself faced with a decision he never thought he would have to take into consideration. Despite his initial doubts, he realizes that the only solution is to keep the baby: a difficult and pondered decision, which their respective families are completely against but to which they hold fast.
Biography
film director
Guillaume Senez
Guillaume Senez (Brussels, Belgium, 1978) studied at the Institut national de radioélectricité et de cinématographie, from which he graduated in 2001. He debuted as a director with the short La quadrature du cercle (2006), which was followed by Dans nos veines (2009), nominated for the Unifrance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and U.H.T. (2012). Keeper (2015), his first feature-length film, received over twenty awards, including the Jury Award for Best Film at Torino Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
La quadrature du cercle (cm, 2006), Dans nos veines (cm, 2009), U.H.T. (cm, 2012), Keeper (2015), Nos batailles (2018)
Declaration
film director
“In this kind of story, most films tend to focus on the female character who, it’s true, finds herself faced with painful moments, both psychologically and physically. But, generally, whatever the male character might be experiencing is summarily treated at best. I therefore decided to address this pregnancy through the filter of paternity, and more specifically the helplessness that it involves. For, if Maxime can influence Mélanie’s path, he has no other rights and appears entirely powerless with respect to what’s happening.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Guillaume Senez
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Guillaume Senez, David Lambert
fotografia/cinematography
Denis Jutzeler
montaggio/film editing
Julie Brenta
scenografia/production design
Florin Dima
suono/sound
Eric Ghersinu
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Kacey Mottet Klein (Maxime), Galatea Bellugi (Mélanie), Catherine Salee (la madre di Maxime/Maxime’s mother), Sam Louwyck (il padre di Maxime/Maxime’s father), Laetitia Dosch (la madre di Mélanie/Mélanie’s mother), Aaron Duquaine (Lionel), Leopold Buchsbaum (Thibault)
produzione/production
Iota Production, Louise Productions
coproduzione/coproduction
Savage Film, Offshore
contatti/contacts
Be For Films
Pamela Leu
pamela@beforfilms.com
www.beforfilms.com
Guillaume Senez
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Guillaume Senez, David Lambert
fotografia/cinematography
Denis Jutzeler
montaggio/film editing
Julie Brenta
scenografia/production design
Florin Dima
suono/sound
Eric Ghersinu
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Kacey Mottet Klein (Maxime), Galatea Bellugi (Mélanie), Catherine Salee (la madre di Maxime/Maxime’s mother), Sam Louwyck (il padre di Maxime/Maxime’s father), Laetitia Dosch (la madre di Mélanie/Mélanie’s mother), Aaron Duquaine (Lionel), Leopold Buchsbaum (Thibault)
produzione/production
Iota Production, Louise Productions
coproduzione/coproduction
Savage Film, Offshore
contatti/contacts
Be For Films
Pamela Leu
pamela@beforfilms.com
www.beforfilms.com
