Le Péril Jeune

Good Old Daze

Director
Cédric Klapisch
Cast
Romain Duris, Vincent Elbaz, Nicolas Koretzky, Julien Lambroschini, Elodie Bouchez, Lisa Faulkner
Date
1995
Duration
101 Minutes

Ten years after leaving high school, four friends are reunited in the waiting room of a maternity hospital for the birth of a child fathered by their recently deceased friend. As they await the birth, the surviving buddies recall their turbulent senior year of high school in 1975. Through a series of flashbacks they remember their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks, and try to make sense of their present situation.

Cédric Klapisch’s (Pot Luck, Paris) comedy skilfully combines humour, pathos, social observation and flawless characterisation. France's hottest actor Romain Duris (Heartbreaker, Paris, The Beat That My Heart Skipped) made his screen debut in this lively and authentic portrayal of the French youth in the mid-1970s, which soon became the cult classic of an entire generation.

Think The Breakfast Club meets The Inbetweeners!