15 Lads
{{Short description|2011 film by Romain Cogitore}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = 15 Lads
| image = 15 Lads (2011) film poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Nos résistances}}
| director = Romain Cogitore
| writer = Romain Cogitore
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Tom Dercourt{{Cite web |title=Nos résistances |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/193753/ |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Cineuropa}}
- Sophie Erbs
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- François Civil
- Grégoire Colin
- Grégory Gatignol
- Jules Sitruk
- Jules Sadoughi
- Ralph Amoussou
- Juliette Lamboley
- Michel Vuillermoz
}}
| cinematography = Thomas Ozoux
| studio = Cinéma Defacto{{Cite web |title=Fifteen Lads |url=https://www.cinemadefacto.com/portfolio/fifteen-lads/ |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Cinéma Defacto}}
| distributor = Shellac Distribution
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|1|5|France|ref1={{Cite web |title=15 Lads de Romain Cogitore (2010) |url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/30789/15-lads |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Unifrance}}}}
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15 Lads ({{langx|fr|Nos résistances}}) is a 2011 French World War II drama film written and directed by Romain Cogitore in his feature film directorial debut, inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, as a French Resistance fighter when he was a teenager. It stars François Civil as a 19-year-old carefree rescuer who joins a group of 15 young men from the French Resistance in 1944. The film was released theatrically in France by Shellac Distribution on 5 January 2011.
For his performance in the film, François Civil was selected as one of the Revelations of the 2012 César Awards and was on the longlist for a pre-nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actor.{{Cite web |date=24 November 2011 |title=Qui seront les révélations des Césars |url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2011/11/24/qui-seront-les-revelations-des-cesars_777081/ |website=Libération |language=fr |access-date=2 July 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216062106/https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2011/11/24/qui-seront-les-revelations-des-cesars_777081/ |url-status=live}}
Cast
- François Civil as François/Racine{{Cite web |title=Nos résistances |url=http://www.shellac-altern.org/fiches-films/226-nos-resistances |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125052310/http://www.shellac-altern.org/fiches-films/226-nos-resistances |archive-date=25 November 2011 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Shellac Distribution |language=fr}}{{cbignore}}
- Grégoire Colin as Le Bourreau
- Grégory Gatignol as Zozo
- Jules Sitruk as Peigne
- Michel Vuillermoz as Lieutenant Lebel
- Jeanne Mettauer as Jeanne
- Juliette Lamboley as Véronique
- Jules Sadoughi as Ficelle
- Ralph Amoussou as The bear
- Olivier Gueritée as Poux
- Augustin Legrand as Tonio
- Hélène Foubert as Racine's mother
- Bruno Paviot as L'Adjudant
- Maxime Lefrançois as Le Brigadier
- Stéphanie Crayencour as Jeanne's sister
- Anne Benoît as Véronique's mother
- Christopher Buchholz as The german soldier
Production
15 Lads was Romain Cogitore's feature film directorial debut.{{Cite web |date=8 January 2011 |title="Nos Résistances", premier long métrage de Romain Cogitore |trans-title="Nos Résistances", first feature film by Romain Cogitore |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/emission/20110108-nos-resistances-premier-long-metrage-romain-cogitore |website=RFI |language=fr}} The film was inspired by the real-life experiences of Cogitore's grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, who was a resistance fighter during World War II in the Maquis of Grande Chartreuse when he was 17 years old.{{Cite web |last=Fays |first=Frédérique |date=22 March 2011 |title=Cinema / "Nos résistances" bientôt projeté au Lux, à Valence {{!}} Le petit-fils, réalisateur, raconte son grand-père résistant |trans-title=Cinema / “Nos résistances” soon to be screened at Lux, in Valence {{!}} The grandson, director, tells the story of his resistant grandfather |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2011/03/21/un-grand-pere-resistant-fier-de-son-petit-fils-realisateur |website=Le Dauphiné libéré |language=fr}} Antoine's voice taken from a conversation between him with the director is featured at the end of the film. "I find his film very good. It was made by a young person for young people. I was overwhelmed, especially when I heard my voice at the end of the film. I didn't know that he had kept an extract of my conversation with him", Antoine said of the film in 2011.
The film was shot in Alsace{{Cite web |title=15 Lads - French press kit |url=https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/19/189/48403/presse/15-lads-presskit-french.pdf |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Unifrance |page=9 |language=fr}} and Vosges, between August and September 2009.{{Cite web |author=Amandine |date=19 June 2009 |title=Romain Cogitore recherche des figurants pour son long métrage |url=https://tout-metz.com/figurants-long-metrage-lorraine-alsace-2009.php |website=Tout Metz |language=fr}}
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| align="center"|2006
| First Screenplay, Promising New Talents | rowspan=2|Romain Cogitore | {{Won}} |
| align="center"|2009
| Grand Prix du Meilleur Scénariste | Junior Prize for Best Screenplay – Special Mention from the Jury | {{Won}} | {{Cite web |title=Lauréats, finalistes et films 1986-2022 |url=https://prix-scenariste.org/fr/accueil/laureats-finalistes-et-films-1986-2/21 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Les Prix du Scénario |date=24 September 2018 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Ferenczi |first=Aurélien |date=24 November 2009 |title=Du dur exercice de lire un scénario |url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/du-dur-exercice-de-lire-un-scenario,49767.php |website=Télérama |language=fr}} |
References
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External links
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- [https://cineuropa.org/en/film/193753/ 15 Lads] on Cineuropa
- {{YouTube|tRvJkl8yCTk|Official trailer}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190701235015/https://lecteursanonymes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Nos-r%C3%A9sistances.pdf Screenplay] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:2011 directorial debut films
Category:2010s French-language films
Category:French war drama films
Category:French historical drama films
Category:Films directed by Romain Cogitore
Category:Films with screenplays by Romain Cogitore
Category:French World War II films
Category:Films about the French Resistance