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Full Speed

1996-09-25 · 85 min · ★ 5.2

Romance · Drama

A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling in love with Quentin's very best friend Jimmy, who is kind of stuck in his unability of self-expression and grown up under bad social circumstances. And there is the shy boy Samir, exiled from Algeria, who lost his "brother" and only friend some time ago. Samir heavily falls in love with Quentin, but he can't handle it...

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Directors
Gaël Morel
Production companies
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Élodie BouchezÉlodie BouchezJulie
Stéphane RideauStéphane RideauJimmy
Pascal CervoPascal CervoQuentin
Mezziane BardadiSamir
Romain AugerRick
Salim KéchioucheSalim KéchioucheJamel
Mohammed DibMohammed DibKarim

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