À nos amours

presented by A Nos Amours, with intro by David Thompson

To Our Loves

Sandrine Bonnaire is remarkable in her César-garlanded screen debut, playing a teenage girl grappling with her burgeoning sexuality.

  • Director

    Maurice Pialat

  • With

    Sandrine Bonnaire, Évelyne Ker, Dominique Besnehard, Maurice Pialat

  • France 1983. 100min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

Pialat’s final portrait of youth made a star – and César recipient – of Bonnaire, who plays Suzanne, a 16-year-old navigating her feelings and burgeoning sexuality. Caught between the advances of the boys and men around her, and the oppressiveness of family life, Suzanne seeks happiness on her own terms. The film’s loose structure allows Pialat to capture the cadences of Suzanne’s rapidly changing worldview and desire to tread her own path in life.

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