Standing Tall

It's a movie with quiet strength and purpose, unembarrassed about its own optimism, perhaps inspired by Dardenne brothers movies such as Le Fils.
-- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

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Standing Tall

Abandoned by his mother (Sara Forestier) at the age of 6, Malony (Rod Paradot) is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence (Catherine Deneuve), a children’s magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann (Benoît Magimel), a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood. Together they follow the boy’s journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter educational center, where he meets Tess (Diane Rouxel), a very special young girl who shows him that there are reasons for hope.

* Opening Night Film, Cannes International Film Festival 2015
* Rendezvous Film Festival 2016
R
Genre
Drama
Runtime
120
Language
French
Director
Emmanuelle Bercot
Cast
Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier
FEATURED REVIEW
Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter

Chronicling the turbulent teenage years of a French delinquent whose police record reads longer than the complete works of Marcel Proust, Standing Tall (La Tete haute) is a gritty and compassionate look at an adolescence riddled by violence, punishment and the idea that rehabilitation is a long way ...

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