To Be Sixteen

To Be Sixteen (French: Avoir 16 ans) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1979.[1] The film stars Yves Benoît as Louis, a 16-year-old high school student who is sent to a mental institution by his father (Aubert Pallascio) to punish him for his rebelliousness, and is under the care of a psychiatrist (Gilles Renaud).[2]

To Be Sixteen
FrenchAvoir 16 ans
Directed byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Written byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Claude Paquette
Produced byMarguerite Duparc
StarringYves Benoît
Aubert Pallascio
Gilles Renaud
CinematographyGuy Dufaux
Edited byMarguerite Duparc
Music byGilles Bellemare
Alain Lamontagne
Paul Piché
Production
company
Cinak
Release date
Running time
106 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Marthe Choquette, Michèle Magny, Éric Beauséjour, Frédérique Collin, Pierre Curzi, Lise L'Heureux and Jean Marchand.[2]

The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight stream at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival,[3] and was later screened in the Critics Choice program at the 1979 Festival of Festivals.[4]

References
  1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 219.
  2. "Avoir 16 ans (To Be Sixteen)". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  3. Jay Scott, "Lefebvre's deceptive simplicity". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 1982.
  4. Jay Scott, "Festival of Festivals a film bonanza". The Globe and Mail, September 1, 1979.


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