Director Zabou Breitman Cast Julie-Marie Parmentier, Nina Rodriguez, Antonin Chalon, Bernard Campan, Zabou Breitman, Gregorie Bonnet, Guilaine Londez, Eric Valero

2010 I 105mins I Int. Sales Roissy Films

Actress-director Zabou Breitman (Someone I Loved – FFF 2010) delivers a heartfelt story of a teenage girl’s relationshipwith a 19-year-old vagabond she welcomes into her family’s home. Breitman approaches her subject with a certain delicacy, extracting credible performances from a young cast and gracing the screen with her usual stylistic flourishes. Based on a novel by Delphine de Vigan and adapted by Breitman and regular co-writer Agnes de Sacy, the narrative follows precocious 13-year-old Lou (Nina Rodriguez), a straight-A student who suffers from the emotional vacuum left in her family by the death of an infant sister. While preparing a school report on the homeless she meets Nora, nicknamed “No” (Julie-Marie Parmentier), a feisty street urchinwho spends her days in and around the Gare d’Austerlitz station.Nora reluctantly accepts to be interviewed by the serious-minded child, marking the start of their oddball relationship.