Spotlight: Being 17 is a French gay coming of age film
Film opens today at the Landmark E Street Cinema
More than two decades after Wild Reeds, Andre Techine, one of France’s most celebrated modern filmmakers, offers another lyrical exploration of adolescent sexual awakening in a drama co-written with Celine Sciamma (Tomboy).
Being 17 focuses on two male teenagers from very different backgrounds who must confront their increasing mutual attraction and complicated desires after a family emergency draws their families closer and forces them to live together in a snowy retreat.
Opens today, Friday, Nov. 11, locally at the Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW and in other select cities.
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