18 Years Old and Rising

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18 Years Old and Rising

2011

1h 32m

5.5(121 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

Primo is an ordinary middle-class youngster studying for his baccalaureate, who gets side-tracked when he falls in love with a rich girl. They soon learn they have to deal with her condescending friends who look down upon this upstart.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Pierre Niney

Primo Bramsi

Lou de Laâge

Gabrielle

Audrey Bastien

Delphine

Ali Marhyar

Malik

Victor Bessière

Paul

Catherine Chevallier

Françoise Bramsi

Michel Vuillermoz

Pierre Bramsi

Marion Chabassol

Sophie

Hervé Pierre

Delphine's Father

Johan Libéreau

Nino Bramsi

Creative team

Directed by: Frédéric Louf
Written by: Régis Jaulin
Frédéric Louf
Produced by: Hugues Charbonneau
Marie-Ange Luciani

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