A Childhood

A Childhood
A Childhood
	Film poster
Directed by	Philippe Claudel
Written by	Philippe Claudel
Produced by	Margaret Ménégoz
Starring	Alexi Mathieu; Angélica Sarre ; Pierre Deladonchamps; Jules Gauzelin; Patrick d'Assumçao
Cinematography	Denis Lenoir
Edited by	Isabelle Devinck
Production; companies	Les Films du Losange; France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange
Release date	23 September 2015;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$961.273

A Childhood (French: Une Enfance) is a 2015 French drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel.^[3]

Plot

Jimmy is 13 years old and lives in a small dilapidated town in eastern France. At a young age, he has to stand on his own feet and assume the primary care role for his younger brother Kévin. During the summer, Jimmy is forced to grow up quickly as he hovers between his errant mother and his domineering criminal stepfather.

Cast

Alexi Mathieu as Jimmy
Angélica Sarre as Pris
Pierre Deladonchamps as Duke
Jules Gauzelin as Kévin
Patrick d'Assumçao as The teacher
Fayssal Benbahmed as Mouss
Catherine Matisse as Lila
Lola Dubois as Lison
Philippe Claudel as The tennis coach

Production

Filming took place from 9 June 2014 til 1 August.^[3]

Reception

It received the Best Film Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.^[4]

References

^ "Une Enfance". Les Films du Losange. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
^ "Une Enfance (2015) - JPBox-Office".
^ ^a ^b "Philippe Claudel shooting Childhood". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ Byrge, Duane (October 24, 2015). "'A Childhood' won the dramatic competition; 'Volta A Terra' prevailed in the documentary competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

External links

A Childhood at IMDb

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[1] "Une Enfance". Les Films du Losange. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[2] "Une Enfance (2015) - JPBox-Office".

[Cineuropa-3] "Philippe Claudel shooting Childhood". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[4] Byrge, Duane (October 24, 2015). "'A Childhood' won the dramatic competition; 'Volta A Terra' prevailed in the documentary competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

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v t e Philippe Claudel
Books	Quelques-uns des cent regrets (1999) Le Bruit des trousseaux (2002) Grey Souls (2003) Monsieur Linh and His Child (2005) Brodeck's Report (2007)
Films	Les Âmes grises (2005) I've Loved You So Long (2008) Tous les soleils (2011) Before the Winter Chill (2013) A Childhood (2015)

v t e Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo
1960s	The Lollipop Cover (1965) Bushido, Samurai Saga (1966) Here Is Your Life (1967) Innocence Unprotected (1968) Who Saw Him Die? (1969)
1970s	The Green Wall (1970) Mon oncle Antoine (1971) Bleak Moments (1972) Morgiana (1973) Pirosmani (1974) The Promised Land (1975) Kings of the Road (1976) The Hunters (1977) To an Unknown God (1978) Angi Vera (1979)
1980s	Camera Buff (1980) Marianne and Juliane (1981) Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) El Sur (1983) Khandhar (1984) The Official Story (1985) Welcome in Vienna (1986) Whooping Cough (1987) Little Vera (1988) Zerograd (1989)
1990s	Ju Dou (1990) Delicatessen (1991) Dream of Light (1992) Twinkle (1993) 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) Maborosi (1995) Ridicule (1996) The Winter Guest (1997) The Hole (1998) Sachs' Disease (1999)
2000s	Amores perros (2000) Fat Girl (2001) Madame Satã (2002) Crimson Gold (2003) Kontroll (2004) My Nikifor (2005) Fireworks Wednesday (2006) Silent Light (2007) Hunger (2008) Mississippi Damned (2009)
2010s	How I Ended This Summer (2010) Le Havre (2011) Holy Motors (2012) My Sweet Pepper Land (2013) The President (2014) A Childhood (2015) Sieranevada (2016) A Sort of Family (2017) Happy as Lazzaro (2018) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
2020s	Sweat (2020) Memoria (2021) Godland (2022) Explanation for Everything (2023)