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CHARLY
by Isild Le Besco, Fiction, 95', 2007, 35mm, FRANCE
With Julie-Marie Parmentier, Kolia Litscher, Jeanne Mauborgne, Kadour Belkhodja, Philippe Chevassu, Camille Grynko
Nicolas, 14 years old, lives in a host family, with "old people". One day, overwhelmed
by the a postcard of Belle-île-en-Mer, he runs away, to try to find this
place, which fills him with expectation. He steals his adoptive parents, runs
away from home and meets Charly, a young prostitute who lives in a caravan.
She lets him in, and accepts this timid teenager, astray, but who will end
up finding his shore.
ISILD LE BESCO
Born in 1982, Isild Le Besco is the daughter
of actress Catherine Belkhodja. She has starred
in many of Emmanuelle Bercot’s films,
including Les Vacances (1997), La Puce (1998),
Backstage (2005)… but also worked with
Laetitia Masson in La Repentie (2002). Her
encounter with Benoit Jacquot will be determenant
for her career: Sade (2000) and
L’Intouchable (2004), that received the best
female revelation award at the Mostra of
Venise (2006). Isild Besco goes on to filmmaking,
with a remarked medium-length film:
Demi-tarif in 2004, followed by Charly (2007). |
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