François, a recently qualified doctor of medicine, leaves Paris
to settle in Beauval, a new town where life is as monotonous as the
grave. He has barely set foot in the town before he becomes the
target of a group of teenagers. The latter are a wild bunch who
relieve their boredom by playing dangerous games on the edge of a
forest. One day, one their games takes a nasty turn...
Cast:Melvil Poupaud (François),
Audrey Marnay (Jeanne),
Hippolyte Girardot (Sam),
Phénix Brossard (Cédric),
Alice De Jode (Claire),
Susanne Wuest (Julie),
Delphine Chuillot (Suzanne),
Elias Borst-Schumann (Matthieu),
Filip Peeters (Rasmus Van Stratten),
Pauline Acquart (Hélène),
Charles Crespo (Tibo),
Tom Dercourt (Le maire de Beauval),
Georg Friedrich (Falk),
Aurélie Hougron (Marie),
Pierre Levavasseur (Arno),
Quentin Merabet (Jules),
Frederic Moriette (Le gendarme),
Eva Poussier (Marie),
Lise Marsault-Hierro (Lise),
Nicolas De Laubier (Nicolas)
Country: France / Germany
Language: French / English
Support: Color
Runtime: 100 min
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