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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.
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.
Abandoned by his mother (Sara Forestier) at the age of 6, Malony (Rod Paradot) is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around th...
A magistrate (Catherine Deneuve) and a counselor (Benoît Magimel) try to help a troubled teen (Rod Paradot) who was abandoned by his mother (Sara Forestier) as a child.
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May 13, 2015 · Cannes Film Review: ‘Standing Tall’ A troubled teen finds himself shuffled around the French system as selfless social workers attempt to help him find his path in life.
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.
