The Age of Potential

The Age of Potential

1996•1h 42m•6.6/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

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6.6/10(7)

Ten young people (boys and girls) at the age at which all is possible. They meet, they love, they choose. The film comes and goes between all those people, revealing their anguish, their dreams, depicting the portrait of a generation of the '90s which has both the fury and the fear of life.

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Production

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, La Sept-Arte

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Anne Cantineau

Anne Cantineau

Agnes

Christèle Tual

Christèle Tual

Beatrice

Anne Caillere

Catherine

Isabelle Olive

Denise

Sandrine Attard

Emmanuelle

Antoine Mathieu

Antoine Mathieu

Frederic

Nicolas Pirson

Gerard

Arnaud Simon

Arnaud Simon

Henri

David Gouhier

Ivan

Jérémie Oler

Jacques

Marie Mure

Girl in bus

Delphine Raoult

Girl visiting

Vincent Berger

Vincent Berger

Survey's Man

Pierre Hiessler

Pierre Hiessler

Actor

Maxime Desmons

Singer

Sébastien Bourlard

Felix

Gaëlle Fernández-Bravo

Susi

Sarah Karbasnikoff

Jacques's friend at party

Charles Berling

Charles Berling

Man at phone

Alain Fromager

Alain Fromager

Director

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