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Bad Company

Jean-Pierre Ameris

France1999 98min 35mm Color

Synopsis

At fifteen years, one can make anything of love. Delphine will make of it a painful experiment. The life of this model girl, a vain only child, contains nothing, or nothing grand: college, Wednesday afternoon at the Cineclub with nice Justin, a comfortable house, a pretty room with flowered wallpaper and a mom who comes to awake her each morning… But one day Olivia bursts into her life. Olivia has on Delphine the effect of a magent. The opposites attract each other. Suddenly, the life of Delphine takes another turn. She follows this older sister everywhere, becomes acquainted with Laurent, and discovers with him music, alcohol, and sex.

Diretor

Jean-Pierre Ameris

Born in 1961 in Lyon, France. Jean-Pierre Ameris study film at IDHEC. He then produced 8 short films and several documentaries for television. In 1994, Ameris made his first feature, < Le Bateau de marriage >, which was chosen as an offcial selection at the Berlin Film Festival. His xecond film < Les Aveux de I’innocent >, won the Prix de la Critique and the prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes in 1996.