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The French Kissers
The French Kissers
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THE FRENCH KISSERS

Les beaux gosses

Directed by Riad Sattouf
France, 2009
Comedy

Synopsis

Hervé, 14, is a teenager who lives with his mother and struggles to cope with his urges, unprepossessing physique and mediocre intellect. Going out with girls is his major preoccupation. Sadly, he keeps failing at this. One day however, he finds himself in the good books of the pretty Aurore.

Synopsis

Hervé, 14, is a teenager who lives with his mother and struggles to cope with his urges, unprepossessing physique and mediocre intellect. Going out with girls is his major preoccupation. Sadly, he keeps failing at this. One day however, he finds himself in the good books of the pretty Aurore.

Our take

A phenomenon at the Cannes film festival and a hit at the box-office in France, this lighthearted comedy is a hilarious depiction of the throes, malaise and sexual discoveries of one’s horny and spotty teenage years, through the figures of a school’s two losers.