Nos 18 ans is a French comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 teen film

Teen film

Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and alienation...

 directed by Frédéric Berthe and released in 2008

2008 in film

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It is a remake

Remake

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 of the 2006 Italian film "Notte prima degli esami

Notte prima degli esami

Notte prima degli esami is a 2006 Italian comedy teen film, written and directed by Fausto Brizzi. It describes the lives of two groups of Italian teenagers during the preparation of the esame di maturità...

" ("Night Before the Exams") written and directed by Fausto Brizzi

Fausto Brizzi

Fausto Brizzi is an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director.Fausto Brizzi got a Degree in directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in July 1994...

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It depicts the lives of two groups of French teenagers in 1989 during their preparation for Baccalauréat

Baccalauréat

The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...

, and features a number of homages to the 1980s

1980s

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Alternative titles for the film include School's Out and Schule war gestern.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack includes many hits evoking the 1980s

1980s

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• Yelle
  Yelle
  Yelle is a French band founded by lead singer and namesake, Yelle and GrandMarnier . A third member, Tepr , joined the band before the recording of their debut album. Budet and GrandMarnier began working on music together in 2000...
  
  : "Nos 18 ans"
• The Cure
  The Cure
  The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
  
  : "Close to me"
• Telephone
  Telephone
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  : "Ca c'est vraiment toi"
• S'express
  S'Express
  S'Express were a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre."Theme from S'Express", based on Rose Royce's "Is It Love You're After", was also one of the earliest recordings to capitalize on a resurgence of sampling culture...
  
  : "Theme from s'express"
• Simply Red
  Simply Red
  Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...
  
  : "If you don't know me by now"
• 10cc
  10cc
  10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
  
  : "I'm not in love"
• The Buggles
  The Buggles
  The Buggles were an English New Wave band consisting of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes . They are remembered chiefly for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star" that was #1 on the singles chart in 16 countries. Its music video was the first to be shown on MTV in the U.S...
  
  : "Video Killed the Radio Star
  Video Killed the Radio Star
  "Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on Island Records from their debut album The Age of Plastic. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by...
  
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• Marino Marini
  Marino Marini
  Marino Marini was an Italian sculptor. -Biography:He attended the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence in 1917. Although he never abandoned painting, Marini devoted himself primarily to sculpture from about 1922. From this time his work was influenced by Etruscan art and the sculpture of Arturo...
  
  : "Come Prima"
• Metiswing: "De cuba trango este son"
• Dexys Midnight Runners
  Dexys Midnight Runners
  Dexys Midnight Runners are a British pop group with soul influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. They are best known for their songs "Come On Eileen" and "Geno", both of which went No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart....
  
  : "Come on Eileen
  Come on Eileen
  "Come On Eileen" was a single released by Dexys Midnight Runners in 1982. The song was written by Kevin Rowland, "Big" Jim Paterson, and Billy Adams; it was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. It also appeared on the album Too-Rye-Ay...
  
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• Mano Negra
  Mano Negra
  Mano Negra was a music band in France, during 1987–1995, fronted by Manu Chao.The band, founded in 1987 by Chao, his brother Antoine, and his cousin Santiago Casariego in Paris, France, was very influential in Europe during the early 1990s. Although it reached mainstream success in countries...
  
  : "Mala Vida"
• Wham: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
• David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
  : "Modern love"
• Rickie Lee Jones
  Rickie Lee Jones
  Rickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...
  
  : "On Saturday Afternoon in 1963"
• The Beautiful South
  The Beautiful South
  The Beautiful South were an English alternative rock group formed at the end of the 1980s by two former members of Hull group The Housemartins, Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway. The duo were initially joined by Sean Welch , Dave Stead and Dave Rotheray , all of whom stayed with the group throughout...
  
  : "Song for whoever"
• The Jam
  The Jam
  The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
  
  : "Town called Malice"
• Les Rita Mitsouko
  Les Rita Mitsouko
  Les Rita Mitsouko was a French pop rock group formed by guitarist Fred Chichin and singer Catherine Ringer. The duo first performed as Rita Mitsouko at Gibus Club, Paris in 1980...
  
  : "Andy"

Cast

• Théo Frilet: Lucas
• Valentine Catzéflis: Clémence
• Michel Blanc
  Michel Blanc
  Michel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs...
  
  : Le professeur Martineau
• Arthur Dupont: Maxime
• Julia Piaton: Sarah
• Liza Manili
  Liza Manili
  Liza Manili is a French actress and singer, born 1986 in Strasbourg. At 16 she began modeling before turning to films. She signed with EMI's record label in 2011. Her first album, produced by Séverin and Julien Delfaud, is to be released in January 2012. The album was recorded in Paris at...
  
  : Alice
• Pierre Boulanger
  Pierre Boulanger
  Pierre Boulanger is a French actor. He is known for 2003's film Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, where he played a young Jewish boy, Moises "Momo" Schmidt. And also 2008's film Nos 18 ans where he played Richard. The young actor was then reported to be concentrating on his studies, thus...
  
  : Richard
• Bernadette Lafont
  Bernadette Lafont
  Bernadette Lafont is a French actress and the mother of Pauline Lafont .Bernadette Lafont won the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for L'Effrontée...
  
  : Adèle
• Venantino Venantini
  Venantino Venantini
  Venantino Venantini is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in over 140 films since 1954.-Selected filmography:* No Sun in Venice * Les Tontons flingueurs * Le Corniaud...
  
  : Marcello
• Maruschka Detmers
  Maruschka Detmers
  Maruschka Detmers is a Dutch actress. She moved to France as a teenager, where she captured the attention of director Jean-Luc Godard. In 1983, she made her dramatic debut under Godard's direction in Prénom Carmen...
  
  : Clémence's Mother
• Iris Besse: Valentine
• Annabel Rohmer: Clarisse
• Bartholomew Bouteillis: Yvan
• Pierre Niney: Loïc
• Lucy Ferry: Laura
• Aurélie Cabrero: Princesse Leia
• Sylvain Levitte: Edgar Le Prince
• Sébastien Houbani: "Michael Jackson"
• Eric Naggar: Le proviseur
• Xavier Gallais: Le gynécologue
• Roger Contebardo: Werner
• Alain Pointier