Le jeune Werther (1993)
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Ismaël Jolé-Ménébhi, Faye Anastasia, Jessica Tharaud, Mirabelle Rousseau
After learning that his best friend has died by suicide, a young teenager and his friends try to understand what happened.
The story
Ismael, a young teenager of 13 or 14, navigates high school, friendship, and unreturned romantic interest. Faye wants to go out with him, but Ismael is interested in Jessica, who loves a boy in seconde. Then the principal calls Ismael to his office and tells him that his best friend, Guillaume, has just committed suicide. In the aftermath, Ismael and his seven friends, all in quatrième, walk through the streets, talking and trying to understand Guillaume’s death.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film follows the path of Ismael, a young teenager of 13 or 14, from high school to the streets, from love to hate. Faye wants to go out with Ismael, but Ismael would like to go out with Jessica, who is in love with a boy in seconde. The principal calls Ismael into his office. He tells him that his best friend, Guillaume, has just committed suicide. For the rest of the film, Ismael and his group of seven friends, all in quatrième, walk through the streets talking as they investigate Guillaume’s death and try to understand.
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