15 Lads
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French | Nos résistances |
Directed by | Romain Cogitore |
Written by | Romain Cogitore |
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Cinematography | Thomas Ozoux[1] |
Edited by | Nathalie Langlade[1] |
Music by | Julien Lourau[1] |
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Distributed by | Shellac Distribution[1] |
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Running time | 86 min[3] |
Country | France[3] |
Language | French[3] |
15 Lads (French: Nos résistances) is a 2011 French World War II drama film[3] written and directed by Romain Cogitore in his feature film directorial debut, inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, as a French Resistance fighter when he was a teenager. It stars François Civil as a 19-year-old carefree rescuer who joins a group of 15 young men from the French Resistance in 1944.[3] The film was released theatrically in France by Shellac Distribution on 5 January 2011.[3] For his performance in the film, François Civil was selected as one of the Revelations of the 2012 César Awards and was on the longlist for a pre-nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actor.[4]
Cast
- François Civil as François/Racine[5]
- Grégoire Colin as Le Bourreau[5]
- Grégory Gatignol as Zozo[5]
- Jules Sitruk as Peigne[5]
- Michel Vuillermoz as Lieutenant Lebel[5]
- Jeanne Mettauer as Jeanne[5]
- Juliette Lamboley as Véronique[5]
- Jules Sadoughi as Ficelle[5]
- Ralph Amoussou as The bear [5]
- Olivier Gueritée as Poux[5]
- Augustin Legrand as Tonio[5]
- Hélène Foubert as Racine's mother [5]
- Bruno Paviot as L'Adjudant[5]
- Maxime Lefrançois as Le Brigadier[5]
- Stéphanie Crayencour as Jeanne's sister [5]
- Anne Benoît as Véronique's mother [5]
- Christopher Buchholz as The german soldier [5]
Production
15 Lads was Romain Cogitore's feature film directorial debut.[6] The film was inspired by the real-life experiences of Cogitore's grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, who was a resistance fighter during World War II in the Maquis of Grande Chartreuse when he was 17 years old.[7] Antoine's voice taken from a conversation between him with the director is featured at the end of the film.[7] "I find his film very good. It was made by a young person for young people. I was overwhelmed, especially when I heard my voice at the end of the film. I didn't know that he had kept an extract of my conversation with him", Antoine said of the film in 2011.[7] The film was shot in Alsace[8] and Vosges,[7] between August and September 2009.[9]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | CNC Trophy | First Screenplay, Promising New Talents | Romain Cogitore | Won | [10] |
2009 | Grand Prix du Meilleur Scénariste | Junior Prize for Best Screenplay – Special Mention from the Jury | Won | [11][12] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Nos résistances". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Fifteen Lads". Cinéma Defacto. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "15 Lads de Romain Cogitore (2010)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Qui seront les révélations des Césars". Libération (in français). 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 "Nos résistances". Shellac Distribution (in français). Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ ""Nos Résistances", premier long métrage de Romain Cogitore" ["Nos Résistances", first feature film by Romain Cogitore]. RFI (in français). 8 January 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Fays, Frédérique (22 March 2011). "Cinema / "Nos résistances" bientôt projeté au Lux, à Valence | Le petit-fils, réalisateur, raconte son grand-père résistant" [Cinema / “Nos résistances” soon to be screened at Lux, in Valence | The grandson, director, tells the story of his resistant grandfather]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in français).
- ↑ "15 Lads - French press kit" (PDF). Unifrance (in français). p. 9. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ Amandine (19 June 2009). "Romain Cogitore recherche des figurants pour son long métrage". Tout Metz (in français).
- ↑ "Romain Cogitore". Catherine Winckelmuller (in français). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Lauréats, finalistes et films 1986-2022". Les Prix du Scénario (in français). 24 September 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ Ferenczi, Aurélien (24 November 2009). "Du dur exercice de lire un scénario". Télérama (in français).
External links
- 15 Lads at IMDb
- 15 Lads at AlloCiné (in French)
- 15 Lads on Cineuropa
- Official trailer on YouTube
- Screenplay (in French)
- 2011 films
- 2011 war drama films
- 2011 directorial debut films
- 2010s French films
- 2010s French-language films
- French war drama films
- French historical drama films
- Films directed by Romain Cogitore
- Films with screenplays by Romain Cogitore
- Films set in 1944
- French World War II films
- Films about the French Resistance
- French films based on actual events
- Films set in France
- Films shot in Alsace
- Films shot in France
- French-language war drama films