You'll Get Over It

2022 French film
  • March 13, 2002 (2002-03-13)
Running time
90 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

You'll Get Over It (French: À cause d'un garçon) is a gay-themed coming of age film released in 2002. The literal translation of the French title is Because of a Boy.

Plot

Vincent (Baumgartner) is a shy boy who is on the swim team and is also a good student with his girlfriend Noémie (Maraval) and a best friend, Stéphane (Comar), life in school can't be better for him. But then, he suddenly starts to have encounters with the new boy, Benjamin (Elkaïm). They have a private meeting and then some boys write on a wall "Molina is a fag". Vincent starts getting bullied at high school, changing his life and his relationships with family and friends in ways he will have to accept.

Cast

  • Julien Baumgartner as Vincent Molina
  • Julia Maraval as Noémie
  • Jérémie Elkaïm as Benjamin
  • François Comar as Stéphane
  • Patrick Bonnel as Bernard, the Father
  • Christiane Millet as Sylvie
  • Antoine Michel as Régis, the Brother
  • Nils Ohlund as Bruno
  • Bernard Blancan as Swimming Coach
  • Eric Bonicatto as French Professor

Reception

Reviewing the translated version released in the United States in 2004, Dave Kehr of the New York Times called the film "well-meaning and hopelessly bland".[1]

References

  1. ^ Kehr, Dave (18 June 2004). "Film in Review; 'You'll Get Over It'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

External links

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