Nos 18 ans is a French comedy teen film directed by Frédéric Berthe and released in 2008. It is a remake of the 2006 Italian film Notte prima degli esami ("Night Before the Exams") written and directed by Fausto Brizzi. Alternative titles for the film include School's Out.[3]
Plot
The depicts the lives of two groups of French teenagers in 1989 during their preparation for Baccalauréat, and features a number of homages to the 1980s.
Cast
- Théo Frilet as Lucas
- Valentine Catzéflis as Clémence
- Michel Blanc as the teacher Martineau
- Arthur Dupont as Maxime
- Julia Piaton as Sarah
- Liza Manili as Alice
- Pierre Boulanger as Richard
- Bernadette Lafont as Adèle
- Venantino Venantini as Marcello
- Maruschka Detmers as Clémence's mother
- Iris Besse as Valentine
- Annabel Rohmer as Clarisse
- Bartholomew Bouteillis as Yvan
- Pierre Niney as Loïc
- Lucy Ferry as Laura
- Aurélie Cabrero as Princess Leia
- Sylvain Levitte as Edgar Le Prince
- Sébastien Houbani as "Michael Jackson"
- Eric Naggar as the principal
- Xavier Gallais as the gynaecologist
- Roger Contebardo as Werner
Soundtrack
The soundtrack includes many hits evoking the 1980s:
- Yelle: "Nos 18 ans"
- The Cure: "Close to me"
- Telephone: "Ca c'est vraiment toi"
- S'express: "Theme from s'express"
- Simply Red: "If you don't know me by now"
- 10cc: "I'm not in love"
- The Buggles: "Video Killed the Radio Star"
- Marino Marini: "Come Prima"
- Metiswing: "De cuba trango este son"
- Dexys Midnight Runners: "Come on Eileen"
- Mano Negra: "Mala Vida"
- Wham!: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
- David Bowie: "Modern love"
- Rickie Lee Jones: "On Saturday Afternoon in 1963"
- The Beautiful South: "Song for whoever"
- The Jam: "Town called Malice"
- Les Rita Mitsouko: "Andy"
See also
References
- ^ "Nos 18 ans (2008) – JPBox-Office".
- ^ "School's Out".
- ^ "School's out". unifrance.org. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
External links
- Nos 18 ans at IMDb
- Official Press Kit (in French)