Ciné-Club de l'Alliance: Swagger

Thursday, December 21, 2017 From 6:30 PM To 8:30 PM Add to Calendar 2017-12-21 18:30:00 2017-12-21 20:30:00 Ciné-Club de l'Alliance: Swagger Join us for our December Ciné-Club de l'Alliance which takes us into the astonishing minds of eleven teenagers growing up in one of the most underprivileged neighborhoods in France. The French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York

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84 minutes | French with English subtitles | Documentary

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About the Film

Director: Olivier Babinet
Actors: Aïssatou Dia, Mariyama Diallo, Abou Fofana

A teen-movie documentary, Swagger carries us in the midst of the astonishing minds of eleven teenagers growing up in one of the most underprivileged neighborhood in France. Despite their life difficulties, Aulnay's and Sevran's kids have dreams and ambitions. And no one will take that from them!

Praise

The film was nominated 6 times and won 2 awards, including Best Film at the 2017 Quebec City International Film Festival and the Nigel Moore Award at the 2017 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.

A visually striking, atypical portrait of French youth.

– Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter

Swagger...lives up to its name.

– Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight

About the Director

Olivier Babinet is a director and writer, known for Swagger (2016), Robert Mitchum Is Dead (2010) and C'était le chien d'Eddy (2003).

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