Adolescentes, the documentary film wins 3 Césars!
Publié le 18 April 2025 par su_laetis
Winner of the Zonta prize at Locarno's Critics' Week, then the Louis Delluc prize, this fine documentary won 3 Césars in 2021, including Best Documentary. Now that's Gaillard!
Brive honoured at the Césars 2021
The 46th Césars Ceremony was held on 12 March 2021 at the Olympia and awarded 3 prizes to the documentary Adolescentes, filmed in Brive.
Best documentary film
In his speech, director Sébastien Lifshitz paid tribute to our two Brivistes. "I'm thinking of Emma and Anaïs. They accepted the presence of a camera for five years. They represent youth, a youth that is suffering today. I dedicate this César to these young people and hope that the good times will come again", declared the director on stage at the Olympia in Paris.
Best Sound
This award went to Yolande Decarsin, Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq and Olivier Goinard:"Emma, Anaïs, it was a pleasure to come with you into your teenage lives, and we really enjoyed working on this film".
Best editing
500 hours of footage (rushes) for 2h15 of film. An enormous amount of work, and an award for editor Tina Baz.
The film was also nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography.
A look back at this documentary film
The journey of two young girls
Emma and Anaïs are inseparable, yet they are physically and socially very different. Adolescentes follows their journey from the age of 13 until they come of age: an age when you leave childhood behind but are not fully grown up. It's a time of transformation and firsts.
Guided by the desire to film the transformation of these young girls of today, Sébastien Lifshitz himself had no idea where this adventure would lead him. At 18, we wonder what kind of women they have become and where their friendship stands. Through this chronicle of youth, the film also paints a portrait of France over the last five years.
Why Brive?
The director chose Brive because he wanted to show the lives of teenage girls in a small town of 50,000 inhabitants, close to nature and thus able to illustrate the passage of time and the seasons. In Brive, Sébastien Lifshitz appreciated the calm and gentleness of the town. He didn't want his film to be shot in the suburbs, to avoid emphasising social reality to the detriment of individual portraits.
The choice of teenage girls
Sébastien Lifshitz's choice was obvious: Emma and Anaïs were friends from different social backgrounds with very different personalities. He appreciated the generosity and courage they showed during the filming, revealing some very intimate words.
This documentary is both tender and painful, with moments of laughter and moments of concentration. One thing's for sure: it's an emotional experience!
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