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  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 54 m

Summary Damien and Thomas are French teenagers from very different upbringings who go to the same high school but can’t stand each other. When circumstances bring Damien’s mother Marianne (Sandrine Kiberlain) to invite Thomas to live with them, the young men are forced to coexist and work through their emerging attraction and complicated desires...

Directed By: André Téchiné

Written By: Céline Sciamma, Régis de Martrin-Donos, André Téchiné

  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 54 m

Being 17

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 28 User Ratings
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Summary Damien and Thomas are French teenagers from very different upbringings who go to the same high school but can’t stand each other. When circumstances bring Damien’s mother Marianne (Sandrine Kiberlain) to invite Thomas to live with them, the young men are forced to coexist and work through their emerging attraction and complicated desires...

Directed By: André Téchiné

Written By: Céline Sciamma, Régis de Martrin-Donos, André Téchiné

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 16 Critic Reviews
83
94% Positive
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Aug 15, 2016
This vibrant portrait feels like something of a revelation, which is remarkable, really, considering how many more films have tackled coming-of-age than the relatively niche experience of coming out.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
90
Oct 6, 2016
The movie is not really about deciding whether you’re gay or straight — those terms are never spoken. It’s about the chemistry of two people at a moment in time.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
88
Nov 17, 2016
Age in Being 17 comes in awkward bursts, and yet the film moves sublimely. Director Téchiné, 73 years old, is wise beyond his years.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
88
Oct 2, 2016
André Téchiné does justice to the closeness between repulsion and desire, difference and sameness, heterosexuality and homosexuality.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 15, 2016
Being 17's great strength is the two utterly engrossing performances given by its leads and their exhilarating chemistry is conveyed with equal sensitivity during their tussles, as it is in every small glance and gesture.
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63
Nov 10, 2016
What elevates the film is not just its beautiful setting in the French Pyrenees but also how the beautiful mountain exteriors serve as a metaphor for characters’ inner lives. Téchiné keeps his distance from his subjects, allowing their emotions to reveal themselves and delivering a payoff that is ultimately a delicate one.
By Alan Zilberman FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 27, 2016
The result is a beautiful void, a structureless emptiness buoyed by some good scenes and performances.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 28 User Ratings
8.0
86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 28 User Ratings
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14% Mixed
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Production Company Fidélité Films, Wild Bunch, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, La Banque Postale Image 8, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Scope Pictures
Release Date Oct 7, 2016
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline From the director of Wild Reeds and the writer of Girlhood
Website https://www.elledriver.fr/en/movie/being-17
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 2 Nominations

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