Being 17

Adolescence is the only time when you learn something at all

A tender coming-of-age drama about two teenage boys forced into proximity, navigating bullying, hidden desire, and the possibility of connection amid social constraint.

Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.