Good Old Daze ( Le Péril Jeune )

Good Old Daze (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Péril Jeune
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( DTS 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min + 96 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Cedric Klapisch

Written By:
Santiago Amigorena
Alexis Galmot

Actors:
Romain Duris ..... Tomasi
Vincent Elbaz ..... Alain Chabert
Nicolas Koretzky ..... Maurice 'Momo' Zareba
Julien Lambroschini ..... Bruno
Joachim Lombard ..... Leon
Julie-Anne Roth ..... Marie (as Julie-Anne Rauth)
Hélène de Fougerolles ..... Christine
Élodie Bouchez ..... Sophie
Lisa Faulkner ..... Barbara
Caroline Damiens ..... Moroni
Jacques Marchand ..... English Teacher
Christine Sandre ..... Philosophy Teacher
Nathalie Krebs ..... History and Geography Teacher
François Toumarkine ..... Biology Teacher
Hélène Médigue

Synopsis:

This French comedy-drama chronicles the reunion of five high school friends who come to witness the birth of a child whose father, a former friend, recently died. The boys graduated in 1975 and now, five years later they have come to a Parisian hospital to await the birth. As they wait, the try to understand the circumstances that caused their friend Tomasi, a formerly happy-go-lucky guy, to become a drug addict and die of an overdose. They also begin to reminisce about their senior year. They talk about everything from their experiences with girls and drugs, to their relationships with teachers and parents. Those times are depicted in detailed flashbacks.

Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teenage, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... Through the pasts of the five main characters, a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 18 September, 2008.

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