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Standing Tall (French: La Tête haute) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot. It was selected to open the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film received eight nominations at the 41st César Awards and won two, Best Supporting Actor for Benoît Magimel and Most Promising Actor for Rod Paradot.
May 13, 2015 · Standing Tall: Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot. With Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier. A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.
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- Drama
- Emmanuelle Bercot
- 2015-05-13
Apr 1, 2016 · The original title of “Standing Tall,” an inside look at France’s enlightened treatment of disadvantaged at-risk youths, directed and co-written by Emmanuelle Bercot, is ”La Tête Haute”—or “The High Head” in English.
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
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- Les Films du Kiosque, France 2 Cinéma
- Emmanuelle Bercot
Apr 1, 2016 · It is a high-minded, often touching movie which replaces the nihilism and miserabilism often to be found in social realism, and replaces them with a positive vision of what the state can – and can’t – do to help.
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- Emmanuelle Bercot
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Standing Tall is a 2015 French drama film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot. It was selected to open the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film received eight nominations at the 41st César Awards and won two, Best Supporting Actor for Benoît Magimel and Most Promising Actor for Rod Paradot.
May 13, 2015 · Writer-director Emmanuelle Bercot leads us through Mahony's downbeat story – from care to detention centre to prison, via a potentially life-changing relationship with a girl – with calm ...
