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6.6A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
Cast
- Claude Brasseur as François Beretton
- Brigitte Fossey as Françoise Beretton
- Sophie Marceau as Victoire Beretton, aka 'Vic'
- Denise Grey as Mrs Valadier aka 'Poupette', Vic's great grandmother
- Jean-Michel Dupuis as Etienne, François' dentist friend
- Alexandre Sterling as Mathieu
Themes
- puberty
- daughter
- adultery
- dancing
- paris, france
- parent child relationship
- date
- family relationships
- teen movie
- teenage crush
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Claude Pinoteau
- Screenplay by
- Danièle Thompson Claude Pinoteau
- Dialogue by
- Danièle Thompson
- Produced by
- Marcel Dassault
- Starring
- Sophie Marceau Brigitte Fossey Claude Brasseur
- Cinematography
- Edmond Séchan
- Edited by
- Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
- Music by
- Vladimir Cosma
- Production company
- Gaumont Film Company
- Distributed by
- Gaumont Distribution
- Release date
- 17 December 1980 ( 1980-12-17 ) (France)
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Box office
- $32.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
La Boum (English title: The Party or Ready for Love) is a 1980 French teen romantic comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Sophie Marceau, appearing in her film début. Written by Danièle Thompson and Pinoteau, the film is about a thirteen-year-old French girl finding her way at a new high school and coping with domestic problems. The film earned 4,378,500 admissions in France and was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing the song "Reality". A sequel, La Boum 2, was released in 1982.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Boum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.