A Childhood
Sep 23 2015
•2h 40m
•Drama
As summer drags by, 13-year-old Jimmy, forced by circumstance to become an adult too soon, runs up against the limits of his small hometown and his turbulent life, caught between a mother on the slide and a stepfather who keeps her down.
Cast
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Pierre Deladonchamps
Duke
Jules Gauzelin
Kevin
Patrick d'Assumçao
L'instuteur
Alexi Mathieu
Jimmy
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