Just an Illusion
A comedy about that period of childhood when the hope of changing the world was not âjust an illusionâ...
Suburban Paris, 1985: twelve-year-old Vincent moves through a house of bickering parents and an older brother who has stopped explaining himself, and works out the rest on his own.
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Synopsis
In 1985 suburban Paris, 12-year-old Vincent lives with his distant older brother and quarrelling parents. Amid laughter and unease, he navigates friendship and first love, while beginning to confront the adult world.
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Suburban Paris, 1985: twelve-year-old Vincent moves through a house of bickering parents and an older brother who has stopped explaining himself, and works out the rest on his own. The film catches that specific age when friendship, first love and the first clear look at adult failure all arrive at once, and it does so with laughter running alongside the unease. Its tagline mourns the stretch of childhood when changing the world still seemed possible, and the comedy carries that wistfulness lightly.
A natural fit for anyone who loves period coming-of-age stories built from small, precise observations rather than big incident. Expect a generous two-hour pace, plenty of era texture, and humour that keeps making room for something sadder underneath. Viewers who like bittersweet family portraits, where the jokes and the heartache come from the same source, are well served here. A warm, nostalgic pick for an evening when you want to feel twelve again.
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