A film by Delphine Lehericey

• 2013
• Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg
• 85 minutes
• VO French – FR, EN subtitles

At 14, Diane is an enigmatic teenager and a loner. She is busy bringing up her little brother, Marc, and has an intense relationship with her father, Christian. The appearance of Julia, a young charismatic and emancipated English girl, in her neighbourhood turns Diane’s everyday life upside down. Diane, who wants to break the bounds of childhood at any price, goes through the most dramatic experiences of her life in the space of six months.

Director’s bio

Delphine Lehericey comes from the theatre, first as an actress and director and then as a video artist. She organizes and participates in training courses for the direction of actors and produces objects filmed for scenographic purposes for dance or theatre. Her work with video is gradually moving towards documentary and then fiction.

In 2007 she directed Comme à Ostende, a medium-length film selected in particular in Locarno in the Filmmakers of the Present section.
In 2009 she co-directed the documentary Les Arbitres with the producers of the show Strip-tease, selected at several festivals and distributed by Gaumont.
In 2011 she made a documentary on designer Jean-Paul Lespagnard Mode in Belgium for Arte and RTBF and in 2013 her first feature film PuppyLove with Solène Rigot and Vincent Perez, was presented in international premiere at the San Sebastian festival and in many festivals.

Between 2014 and 2016 Delphine directed the documentary Une cheffe et sa bonne étoile sur about a starred cheffe for Arte and RTBF.
She co-wrote the comic strip series Etoilé about the world of gastronomy for Dupuis and wrote her first comedy Le feu au lac, which tells the story of a family’s upheaval during the grandfather’s wedding with a man.
In 2019, his second feature film Le Milieu de l’horizon is released, with Laetitia Casta and Clémence Poesy.