La tete haute
| Movie | |
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| German title | La tete haute |
| Original title | La tete haute |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Emmanuelle Bercot |
| script | Emmanuelle Bercot Marcia Romano |
| production |
François Kraus Denis Pineau-Valencienne |
| music | Eric Neveux |
| camera | Guillaume Schiffman |
| cut | Julien Leloup |
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La tête haute is a 2015 French drama directed by Emmanuelle Bercot .
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Malony was already in contact with the judiciary at the age of six years. His mother Séverine and the newborn brother Toni have to go to the youth judge Florence Blaque because Malony has already been absent from school for several weeks and refuses to cooperate with the social worker. Malony's father is no longer alive and his stepfather, who adopted him, has left the family. Sévérine admits to being overwhelmed with Malony because he keeps having outbursts of anger. She leaves him with the juvenile judge, who orders him to be placed in a home.
Years go by and Malony is finally 15 years old. He has hardly been to school for two years and is regularly seen by the police. His supervisor from the youth welfare office gives up and Malony gets a new one - Yann, who himself was once in prison. When Malony steals a car and frenzies the public, Florence Blaque sentenced him to six months at a Center éducatif fermé (CEF). This type of closed rehabilitation facility is intended to pave the way for him to return to school. Malony gets better and learns to write, but fails to introduce himself to school during which he has an uncontrollable fit of anger. At the CEF he meets Tess, the daughter of a supervisor. He sleeps with her, which is tantamount to rape that both of them cry. He can then open up to his mother on the phone and confess that he misses her. Shortly thereafter, Malony celebrated his 16th birthday at the CEF.
Since further school attendance is out of the question, Malony begins a work organized by Yann in a café. He is unmotivated and soon skips work. Yann forces him to go to work, is attacked by him with scissors and hits him. For this, Yann is cautioned by Florence Blaque. He is on the verge of giving up, seeing no progress in Malony and believing the situation is hopeless. Florence Blaque encourages him.
It is just before Christmas when Malony receives a visit from his mother at work. She admits that her son Toni was taken away by the authorities because she smoked joints with a friend in the presence of the child and Toni suffered smoke inhalation. Malony is angry, steals a car on December 24th, breaks into the foster family and gets Toni. When he tries to call his mother, Malony wants to prevent it - the car overturns. Malony is arrested shortly afterwards by Florence Blaque. Malony thanks, Yann is beside himself. Malony receives a visit from his mother in prison. He realizes that she is hiding her children from her new boyfriend and is beside himself. Shortly afterwards, Yann and Tess visit him. Tess admits to be pregnant, but Malony doesn't want the child. At the trial of the accident and the theft of the car, Malony apologizes to the injured party. Florence Blaque sentenced him to six months in prison, five of which were suspended, followed by a six-month stay in another CEF. Since Malony has already been in custody for a month, he is taken straight to the CEF. He runs away when he learns that Tess is in the hospital for an abortion. He is committed to her and the child and prevents the abortion. Because he ran away, he is not allowed to go on an excursion with his mother as planned. He injures the heavily pregnant CEF leader, whereupon Sévérine freaks out and Malony harshly expresses her opinion. For the first time she takes on responsibility as a mother. As a result, Malony's behavior improves. As part of his CEF stay, he works in the wood industry and drives forklifts. He develops trust in Yann and plans to be there for his child. He is celebrating his 17th birthday at the CEF. Soon afterwards he becomes a father. With the baby in his arms, he goes to Florence Blaque. She is about to retire. She has spent ten years of her working hours, among other things, looking after Malony. Malony slowly leaves the justice building with his child.
production
La tête haute was the film debut of Rod Paradot, who was 18 years old at the time of filming. The shooting took place from July 2014 among other things in Amiens , Boulogne-sur-Mer , the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Dunkerque , in the Département Isère ( Saint-Marcellin , Méaudre , Villard-de-Lans ), in La Chapelle-en-Vercors as well on two days in Meyzieu (including scenes in the CEF). The working title of the film was Double peine . The costumes were created by Pascaline Chavanne , the film structures are by Éric Barboza .
The film premiered on May 13, 2015 at the Cannes International Film Festival as the opening film and was shown in French cinemas on the same day. In Germany, the film was shown for the first time on June 27, 2015 at the Munich Film Festival . In the German-speaking part of Switzerland , it was shown in cinemas under the original title from September 10, 2015.
Awards
In 2015, Benoît Magimel won the Best Actor Award at the Festival du Film de Cabourg. Rod Paradot was awarded the Prix Premier Rendez-vous in the Actor category.
In 2016, La tête haute won two Césars in the categories of Best Supporting Actor (Benoît Magimel) and Best Young Actor (Rod Paradot). The film was nominated for a César in six other categories: in the categories Best Supporting Actress (Sara Forestier), Best Director (Emmanuelle Bercot), Best Lead Actress (Catherine Deneuve), Best Young Actress (Diane Rouxel), Best Original Screenplay (Emmanuelle Bercot and Marcia Romano) and Best Film (François Kraus, Denis Pineau-Valencienne and Emmanuelle Bercot). Rod Paradot won a Prix Lumières for Best Young Actor in 2016 .
Web links
- La tête haute in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- La tête haute on allocine.fr
Individual evidence
- ^ A b La Voix du Nord: Dunkerque: Catherine Deneuve et Benoît Magimel jouent en ce moment au tribunal de Dunkerque . lavoixdunord.fr, August 12, 2014.
- ^ David S. Tran: "La tête haute": a grand film à en perdre la tête . leprogres.fr, May 13, 2015.
- ↑ Secrets tournage - Que cache ce titre? on allocine.fr