This film was another French film about adolescent life in France. It follows a young man who had no father figure and who's mother was reckless. He starts out in a home and ends up turning it around apparently with the birth of his child. I guess it would end alright. But who knows? Wouldn't his problems come back? Perhaps he really was over his issues, yet I detected that they would come back.
Catherine Deneuve plays a, what in America we would call a family court judge who is on the case of the juvenile dilinquent. She tries everything, but nothing seems to work. Only when he finds love and has a child does he seem to calm down. Yet, I thought the film got to wishy washy, too melodramatic. I could see it playing on TV or something, but it wasn't such a good film. It was personal. In fact the film made me recall somethings in my own adolescence that I hadn't thought about in years.
The film has a lot of melodrama. I couldn't believe that this kid was so out of control. Then I remembered a friend of mine from graduate school who deals with kids like the one from the film. I'm sure glad I didn't go into special education. I wouldn't have been a very good counselor. My friend said he often took punches from crazy kids. The kid in this picture was definitely out of control. I guess I just found it hard to believe some of his emotions or actions. I don't know how it could have been made better. It just seemed to go on forever with no end in sight.
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