1978 · drama · youth · provincial
Graduate First
Directed by Maurice Pialat1h 26m1978
A slice of life of a group of young working class friends in a Northern French village coming to the end of their school years and embarking upon adult life. The film follows the choices and decisions made for their futures.
Our read: Graduate First (1978) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · youth · provincial entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / youth, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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