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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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The Age of Potential
1996 1h 42m FR
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 8
DramaComedy
Synopsis
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Ten young people (boys and girls) at the age at which all is possible. They meet, they love, they choose. The film comes and goes between all those people, revealing their anguish, their dreams, depicting the portrait of a generation of the '90s which has both the fury and the fear of life.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Anne Cantineau
Agnes
Christèle Tual
Beatrice
Anne Caillere
Catherine
Isabelle Olive
Denise
Sandrine Attard
Emmanuelle
Antoine Mathieu
Frederic
Nicolas Pirson
Gerard
Arnaud Simon
Henri
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Pascale Ferran
- Writers
- Pascale Ferran, Anne-Louise Trividic
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Directed by Pascale Ferran, shot by Jean-Marc Fabre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Béatrice Thiriet. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Guy Lecorne shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Anne Cantineau and Christèle Tual and Anne Caillere carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0118233 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Pascale Ferran directs. Jean-Marc Fabre behind the camera. Béatrice Thiriet scores. Guy Lecorne cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 130 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Pascale Ferran, shot by Jean-Marc Fabre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Béatrice Thiriet. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Guy Lecorne shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Anne Cantineau and Christèle Tual and Anne Caillere carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0118233 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Jean-Marc Fabre
- Original score
- Béatrice Thiriet
- Editing
- Guy Lecorne
- Production design
- Virginie Duployez
- Costume design
- Sigolene De Chassy
- Makeup / hair
- Laurence Buisson
- Runtime
- 102 min · 1h 42m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- Certification (US)
- U
Also by
Pascale Ferran
Production companies
Who made it
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
FR
- TH
Théâtre national de Strasbourg
La Sept-Arte
FR
Key crew
- Production DesignVirginie Duployez
- Makeup ArtistLaurence Buisson
- SoundJean-Jacques Ferran
- Assistant EditorValérie Meffre
- Production DesignGiulio Lichtner
- Production DesignAnnette Kurtz
- EditorGuy Lecorne
- Set DesignerEmmanuel Maintigneux
- Boom OperatorLaurent Zeilig
- ProducerGilles Sandoz
- Script SupervisorSébastien Bourlard
- Costume DesignSigolene De Chassy
- Assistant DirectorAntoine Garceau
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- coming of age
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1995-01-07· Entrevues Festival international du film de Belfort
- Theatrical1996-05-04U
- TV1996-05-03· ARTE
Also known as
International titles
- The Age of PotentialUS
- Die Zeit der EntscheidungenDE
