Keeper
Guillaume Senez
© Hapiness Distribution
Maxime and Mélanie are in love. Together, they explore their sexuality with love and awkwardness. One day, Mélanie discovers that she is pregnant. Maxime doesn’t take the news well, but gradually becomes convinced that he does want to become a father. It's decided: at the age of fifteen, Maxime and Mélanie are going to become parents...
Scenario : Guillaume Senez, David Lambert
Cinematography : Denis Jutzeler
Sound : Eric Ghersinu
Editing : Julie Brenta
Cinematography : Denis Jutzeler
Sound : Eric Ghersinu
Editing : Julie Brenta
Production : Iota Production, Louise Productions
Distribution : 456
Distribution : 456
From Stephen Frears’ Snapper to Jason Reitman’s Oscar-winning Juno, unplanned teenage pregnancy has often been treated as a comedy about the misadventures of the mother-to-be. But having a child at fifteen is no laughing matter and, until proven otherwise, it takes two. Keeper is a blatantly realistic chronicle, observing the periods of exaltation or dismay and the sudden bouts of awareness of this couple of immature parents (an outstanding pair of young actors) and those around them, without ever lapsing into moralizing. The tension is kept right up until the last sequence, which delivers the final blow with a rigour that is as inescapable as it is heartbreaking. (Bernard Achou; Première)�