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THE RESTLESS

by Laurent Perreau

synopsis

Tomboyish teenager Claire sneaks into a dilapidated house through a window. Startled by the sudden appearance of a burly elderly man, she hides under the bed. The door opens… Although Maurice Reverdy, a person as enigmatic as he is eccentric, has in fact taken the young girl into his home, she makes a point of avoiding this distant figure who is actually her grandfather. At 17, Claire is struggling, caught between her passion for swimming and the turmoil of her first romantic stirrings. Everything is a problem for this orphan left to her own devices. Her stormy temperament pushes her into the arms of Thomas, a young employee of the town casino. She is overjoyed when her trainer tells her she has achieved her ardent desire to compete in the swimming championship, but Thomas’s sudden disappearance revives her insecurities. For her grandfather, the funeral of a former companion in arms in the «maquis» arouses painful memories. Isolated, abandoned, Maurice and Claire suddenly emerge from their respective turfs; but what common ground can be found between these two generations, simultaneously drawn to, yet rebuffing one another, the one in search of her future, the other tormented by his past?

international title: The Restless
original title: L'Insurgée
country: France
sales agent: Playtime
year: 2009
genre: fiction
directed by: Laurent Perreau
film run: 97'
release date: FR 30/12/2009
screenplay: Laurent Perreau, Juliette Soubrier
cast: Michel Piccoli, Pauline Etienne, Eric Caravaca, Marie Kremer, Johanna ter Steege, Clément Roussier, Guillaume Gouix
cinematography by: Céline Bozon
film editing: Muriel Breton
art director: Sophie Reynaud-Malouf
costumes designer: Pascaline Chavanne
music: Grégoire Hetzel, Julien Gester, Olivier Gonord
producer: Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin
production: Galatée Films
distributor: Dulac Distribution

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