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Bad Boy

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Original title

Sale gosse

Year

1995

Running time

90 min.

Country

France

Director

Claude Mouriéras

Screenwriter

Claude Mouriéras

Cast

Music

Nicola Piovani

Cinematography

Walther Van Den Ende

Producer

Canal+, Les Films Alain Sarde, TF1 Films Production

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

A 10-year-old boy's fantasies about his absent father provide the basis for this thoughtful French drama that uses comedy, drama, and tenderness to present a realistic, not overly sentimental portrait of a dysfunctional family. Martin lives in Lyon with his mother Nina. Martin is an energetic, troubled lad frequently involved in fights at school and constantly trying to run off to North Africa where he believes his father lives as a tribal warrior. He honestly believes his papa will return to them so when the beautiful Nina gets involved with other men, he refuses to accept his rather flighty mother's new lovers. The most recent is Pippo, an aimless Italian fellow. When not daydreaming about his dad, and the fabulous life that awaits him in the desert, Martin plays with his one friend, Karim, an Arab boy.

Awards: 1995: San Sebastian: Best First Work

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Bad Boy

1995

Claude Mouriéras