Grande École (film)
| Grande école | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Salis |
| Produced by | Humbert Balsan |
| Written by |
Robert Salis, |
| Starring |
Gregori Baquet Alice Taglioni Jocelyn Quivrin Salim Kechiouche Elodie Navarre Éva Darlan Yasmine Belmadi |
| Distributed by | Pyramide (France) |
Release dates | 4 February 2004 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Grande École (2004) is a French film, directed by Robert Salis.
Plot
Paul is an upper-class young man who is about to start at a grande école, one of the system of mostly public colleges to which students are admitted based on a highly competitive process and whose graduates often gain prestigious employment. He has chosen to live with two new roommates instead of his girlfriend Agnès.
As a result, with his studies, he has little time to see her. Agnès perceives cracks in their relationship when she suspects Paul's attraction to one of his new roommates, the aristocratic Louis-Arnault. Paul denies any homosexual attraction, but Agnès decides to make a bet with him: whichever of them beds Louis-Arnault first, wins. If she does, Paul must stop exploring his sexuality; if he does, she will leave him.
Before the bet plays out, Paul meets Mécir, a young Arab worker, who becomes besotted with him. With Mécir, Paul goes on a journey of discovery that changes many of his ideas about class, cultural differences and sexuality.
Cast
- Gregori Baquet ... Paul
- Alice Taglioni ... Agnès
- Jocelyn Quivrin ... Louis-Arnault
- Élodie Navarre ... Emeline
- Arthur Jugnot ... Chouquet
- Salim Kechiouche ... Mécir
- Éva Darlan ... Mrs Chouquet
- Lakshantha Abenayake ... Jailed journalist
- Yasmine Belmadi ... Worker flashback
- Jacques Collard ... Invitee
- Jo Prestia ... Head of workshop
- Jamal Hadir ... Mécir's brother
- Gilbert Desveaux ... An instructor
- Arnaud Binard ... Water-polo trainer
- Adan Jodorowsky ... Student start-up (as Adam Jodorowsky)
- Jean-Michel Cannone ... Paul's father
- Hanifa Mizi-Alloua ... Mécir's mother
- Eva Saint-Paul ... Louis-Arnault's mother
- Jean-Loup Wolff ... Louis-Arnault's father
- Eric Seigne ... Chaplain
- Pierre Aussedat ... School principal