STANDING TALL
| 2016 – 120′ – Drama, Coming of Age.
Written by Emmanuelle Bercot.
Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Romano.
Starring Sara Forestier, Rod Paradot, Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival. Winner 2 Cesar Awards: Best Promising Actor (Rod Paradot), Best Supporting Actor (Benoît Magimel)
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release.|
Abandoned by his mother (Sara Forestier) at the age of 6, Malony (Rod Paradot) is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence (Catherine Deneuve), a children’s magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann (Benoît Magimel), a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood. Together they follow the boy’s journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter educational center, where he meets Tess (Diane Rouxel), a very special young girl who will show him that there are reasons for hope.