Nouvelles Vagues
Nouvelles Vagues

Edition 2025

L’épreuve du feu

Aurélien Peyre

France 2025 105 min French
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Like every summer, Hugo returns to the small family house on an Atlantic island for the holidays. But this year feels different – his body has changed, and he’s brought along his girlfriend, Queen.

With richly drawn, sensitively portrayed characters (including Félix Lefebvre, breakout star of Ozon’s Summer of 85), the film captures the twilight of adolescence with sharp insight. It also asks an age-old question in a very contemporary way: can real love survive class differences among today’s youth?

Crédits

Interprètes

Félix Lefebvre, Anja Verderosa, Suzanne Jouannet, Victor Bonnel, Sarah Henochsberg, Nolan Masraf, Marie Bucas-Français, Jules Porier

Screenplay

Aurélien Peyre

Image

Inès Tabarin AFC

Editing

Ludivine Cambus

Sound

Gaël Eléon, Benoit Hillebrant, Margot Testmale, Agathe Poche, Clément Laforce

Music

Maud Geffray

Production

Move Movie

Séances

Wednesday 25 — 15:00

Le Théâtre de la Gare du Midi VFSTFA

followed by a discussion between actors and director

Thursday 26 — 11:00

Cinéma Le Royal VFSTA - Salle 2

World Premiere

Aurélien Peyre

Born in 1992

Aurélien Peyre was born in 1992. After graduating from film school, he directed his first medium-length film, Juliet’s Band (La Bande à Juliette), which screened at several festivals in 2016. The following year, he made Coqueluche, which would go on to inspire his debut feature, L’Épreuve du feu.

Contact

Distribution : Paname Distribution