''The Young One'' (original title: ''Jeunesse'') is a 2016 French-Portuguese film directed by Julien Samani and produced by
Paulo Branco
Paulo Branco (born 3 June 1950) is a Portuguese film producer.
Life and career
Paulo Branco was born in Lisbon, and attended the undergraduate program in chemical engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico but he did not graduate. He star ...
. The film is based on the 1898 short story "
Youth
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Yo ...
" by
Joseph Conrad. The film premiered at the 2016
Locarno International Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, ...
, where it competed for the
Golden Leopard
The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be ...
.
Cast
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Kévin Azaïs
Kévin Azaïs (born 1992) is a French actor. He is best known for his performance in the film ''Love at First Fight'' (''Les Combattants''), for which he won a César Award for Most Promising Actor and a Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor. ...
as Zico
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Samir Guesmi
Samir Guesmi (born 7 October 1967) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1988.
Filmography Actor
Filmmaker
Theatre
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
French male f ...
as José Géraud
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Jean-François Stévenin as Captain Paillet
* Bastien Ughetto as Yoyo
* Camille Polet as Mélanie
* Lazare Minoungou as Moctar
* David Chour as Kong
* Miguel Borges as Pedro
* António Simão as Lionel
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 drama films
2010s French-language films
French drama films
Portuguese drama films
Seafaring films
Films based on short fiction
Films produced by Paulo Branco
Films based on works by Joseph Conrad
2010s French films
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