Graduate First
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Graduate First is a 1978 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat
and starring Sabine Haudepin
. The film is set in the north of France, in Lens
, in a region profoundly affected by unemployment - the students, from modest backgrounds, try to forget their fears of what tomorrow will bring.
The film is an "unsparing portrait of teenage life in the French suburbs [that] sees a group of schoolfriends adrift at the end of the 1970s. There's drama, violence, and pot-induced laughs, group holidays, indiscriminate sex, advances from teachers twenty-five years their seniors, attempted moves to Paris
- and few prospects of passing the Baccalauréat
, the final set of exams French students take before embarking into the world...to do what? Marking the last work of Pialat's turbulent cycle of 1970s films, this is the sequel to the filmmaker's feature debut L'Enfance Nue (1969) - picked up again from a vantage point ten years on from the lives of the earlier film's protagonists."
Maurice Pialat
Maurice Pialat was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films...
and starring Sabine Haudepin
Sabine Haudepin
Sabine Haudepin is a French actress. She has appeared in over 50 films since 1962. She was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Selected filmography:* Jules and Jim * The Soft Skin * Sweet Movie...
. The film is set in the north of France, in Lens
Lens, Pas-de-Calais
Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of France's large Picarde cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai.-Metropolitan area:...
, in a region profoundly affected by unemployment - the students, from modest backgrounds, try to forget their fears of what tomorrow will bring.
The film is an "unsparing portrait of teenage life in the French suburbs [that] sees a group of schoolfriends adrift at the end of the 1970s. There's drama, violence, and pot-induced laughs, group holidays, indiscriminate sex, advances from teachers twenty-five years their seniors, attempted moves to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- and few prospects of passing the Baccalauréat
Baccalauréat
The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...
, the final set of exams French students take before embarking into the world...to do what? Marking the last work of Pialat's turbulent cycle of 1970s films, this is the sequel to the filmmaker's feature debut L'Enfance Nue (1969) - picked up again from a vantage point ten years on from the lives of the earlier film's protagonists."
Cast
- Sabine HaudepinSabine HaudepinSabine Haudepin is a French actress. She has appeared in over 50 films since 1962. She was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Selected filmography:* Jules and Jim * The Soft Skin * Sweet Movie...
as Élisabeth - Philippe Marlaud as Philippe
- Annick AlaneAnnick AlaneAnnick Alane is a French film, television, and theatre actress.-Filmography :*1956: Les Truands directed by Carlo Rim*1964: Les Pieds dans le plâtre directed by Jacques Fabbri and Pierre Lary...
as La mère (as Annik Alane) - Michel Caron as Le père
- Christian Bouillette as Le vieux dragueur
- Bernard Tronczak as Bernard
- Patrick Lepcynski as Patrick
- Valérie Chassigneux as Valérie
- Jean-François AdamJean-François AdamJean-François Adam was a French actor and director mostly famous for his mysterious death.-Career:Adams lived with Brigitte Fossey. Their daughter is the actress Marie Adam. He was an assistant of François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville...
as Le professeur de philosophie - Agnès Makowiak as Agnès
- Charline Bourré as Charline
- Patrick Playez as Rocky, le marié
- Muriel Lacroix as Muriel
- Frédérique Cerbonnet as Frédérique
- Fabienne Neuville as La soeur d'Élizabeth
- Aline Fayard as La femme du patron