http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422133/

Duration: 01:37:38

Directed by: Antony Cordier

Lang-French
Subs-Eng-spanish-portugese
Actors: Johan Libéreau, Salomé Stévenin and Florence Thomassin

Language: French

Country: France

Also known as: Douches Froides









Description: Seventeen year old Michael is the captain of the school judo team, who is preparing for competitions. His family is experiencing persistent difficulties related to the permanent shortage of money, and in relationships with his girlfriend Vanessa suddenly invades Clement, who recently moved in the city. His father is a rich sponsor of the wrestlers.



Storyline

The story of three teenagers: a beautiful girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, one rich, one poor. The story of Mickael - judo fanatic and doomed lover - and his parents, both convinced that the sky will one day come crashing down on their heads, and both more than able to cope when it does. Blackly comic, brutally funny, heartbreaking, truthful. A tragi-comedy. About happiness and hardship, sex, luck and catastroph

“This film deserves a chance to be seen. This teenage coming-of-age story from France tells nicely against a backdrop of martial arts (judo), competition, and sex. But it goes beyond to show some nice subtleties where class, success, and desire play out against one another to really give you a sense of what the main character is going through. I was pulled in. And the story just seemed to work and be very real and personal for me.

The director, who was present at this Toronto International Film Festival screening, mentioned the story started out as a school project -- something that garnered accolades beyond his expectations. It then grew into a judo documentary, before morphing again into a personal coming-of-age story with the director's personal story touches.

The result was excellent and succeeds on many accounts. I'd say it's worth checking out.”

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