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- 2019
- Not Rated
- Film Movement
- 2 h 9 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Film Movement
- 2 h 9 m
Summary Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free. [Film Movement]
Directed By: Philippe Lesage
Written By: Philippe Lesage
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Film Movement
- 2 h 9 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Film Movement
- 2 h 9 m
Genèse (Genesis)
87
User Score
Mixed or Average
4.8
Where to Watch
Summary Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free. [Film Movement]
Directed By: Philippe Lesage
Written By: Philippe Lesage
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The drama is an intricately constructed and intensely felt work that transcends the easy “coming-of-age” genre label that is so tempting to slap onto it.
Often very funny, especially in classroom scenes filled with unconventional teachers and unruly pupils, the film also shows real feeling for the tangled workings of the human heart and the way individuals are at their loneliest in a crowd of people.
Lesage’s filmmaking, with its unhurried editing and eerily echoing music cues, is in expert sympathy with his hovering, out-of-time protagonists.
Both Pellerin and Abita are tremendous, each fiercely charismatic in a way that doesn’t compromise the vulnerability of their characters.
Genèse concludes as a sober reminder that the young always feel intensely, but that the years between the crush that shines and the ardor that confounds are short ones, indeed.
The film may be maddening as a character study, and it could damage an ionizer with its air of self-importance, but its experiments in form and tone are highly original.
Lesage pulls focus onto the aftershocks of trauma rather than the traumatic events themselves.
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Based on 4 User Ratings
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Production Company
Productions l'Unite Centrale
Release Date Aug 23, 2019
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Awards
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 3 Nominations
Montréal Festival of New Cinema
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
