Elève libre

Title: Elève Libre
Selected for the 2008 Cannes Festival!

Producers: Versus Production, MACT Productions, RTBF
Director: Joachim Lafosse
With: Jonas Bloquet, Jonathan Zaccai, Claire Bodson, Yannick Renier
Genre: Fiction
Pôle Image provider: Eye-Lite

Synopsis: Without any parental support and skipping school to play tennis, Jonas, 18 years old, goes too far once and for all and is expelled from school. As he still dreams of becoming a professional player, he refuses to start vocational training or a technical course and decides to go to the tennis trials. As his father refuses to pay for him to go to a private school, Jonas confides his problems in Pierre, an older friend (35 years old) that he met recently. Pierre decided to help him to finish his school as a distance student. Thanks to Pierre, the adolescent gradually regains his confidence. Captivated by this charming and providential saviour, Jonas nevertheless is incapable of controlling his growing influence…


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