Nos 18 ans is a French comedy teen film directed by Frédéric Berthe and released in 2008. It is a remake of the 2006 Italian film Notte prima degli esami ("Night Before the Exams") written and directed by Fausto Brizzi. Alternative titles for the film include School's Out.
Plot
The depicts the lives of two groups of French teenagers in 1989 during their preparation for Baccalauréat, and features a number of homages to the 1980s.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack includes many hits evoking the 1980s:
Yelle: "Nos 18 ans" The Cure: "Close to me" Telephone: "Ca c'est vraiment toi" S'express: "Theme from s'express" Simply Red: "If you don't know me by now" 10cc: "I'm not in love" The Buggles: "Video Killed the Radio Star" Marino Marini: "Come Prima" Metiswing: "De cuba trango este son" Dexys Midnight Runners: "Come on Eileen" Mano Negra: "Mala Vida" Wham: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" David Bowie: "Modern love" Rickie Lee Jones: "On Saturday Afternoon in 1963" The Beautiful South: "Song for whoever" The Jam: "Town called Malice" Les Rita Mitsouko: "Andy"
Cast
Théo Frilet as Lucas
Valentine Catzéflis as Clémence
Michel Blanc as the teacher Martineau
Arthur Dupont as Maxime
Julia Piaton as Sarah
Liza Manili as Alice
Pierre Boulanger as Richard
Bernadette Lafont as Adèle
Venantino Venantini as Marcello
Maruschka Detmers as Clémence's mother
Iris Besse as Valentine
Annabel Rohmer as Clarisse
Bartholomew Bouteillis as Yvan
Pierre Niney as Loïc
Lucy Ferry as Laura
Aurélie Cabrero as Princess Leia
Sylvain Levitte as Edgar Le Prince
Sébastien Houbani as "Michael Jackson" Eric Naggar as the principal Xavier Gallais as the gynaecologist Roger Contebardo as Werner Alain Pointier