18 Years Old and Rising

18 Years Old and Rising

Directed by Frédéric Louf

Produced by Les Films de Pierre, Maïa Cinéma

201192 min5.5 / 10

A 1980s Parisian coming-of-age romance about class collision, where a middle-class student's love for a wealthy girl forces both to navigate social prejudice and heartache.

Primo is an ordinary middle-class youngster studying for his baccalaureate, who gets side-tracked when he falls in love with a rich girl. They soon learn they have to deal with her condescending friends who look down upon this upstart.

Questions people ask

  • Is 18 Years Old and Rising violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is 18 Years Old and Rising easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Is 18 Years Old and Rising scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does 18 Years Old and Rising end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is 18 Years Old and Rising sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity15

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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