Plot
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and ... See full summary »
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 7.3/10 (4,015 voted)
Director:François Ozon
Storyline
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Often funny, sometimes disturbing and sensual, the movie can be enjoyed
at face value, but the heart of the movie lies underneath that
appealing veneer, it's about creation and the required necessity to
live your life fully to feed it. The budding writer enters the lives of
a family, the same way a writer should embrace life itself, with a
healthy dose of curiosity and nerve, precisely what his teacher is
lacking. Add to that a fascinating and intricate observation of the
blurring of lines separating reality from fiction in the feverish midst
of artistic creation. Deep stuff, but all wrapped up in a neat bundle,
Ozon making sure to leave almost no one on the side of the road, so to
speak. So in conclusion it's smart and yet playful, intellectual but
never pretentious. Well, in other words, it's a very good movie about
potentially boring subjects. Highly recommended in those times of
idiocracy!
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