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Learn by Heart is a french film of genre Drama with Guillaume Gouix
Learn by Heart (2015)
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Add to a movie listLearn by Heart (French: La Vie en grande) is a 2015 French comedy-drama film directed by Mathieu Vadepied. It was selected to close the International Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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Adama (Balamine Guirassy) est un adolescent de 14 ans. Il vit avec sa mère, Fatou (Léontina Fall), dans un petit deux-pièces en banlieue parisienne. Originaire du Sénégal, Adama n'a jamais mis les pieds en Afrique. À la maison, il doit pourtant jongler entre le poids des traditions et la loi française. Polygame, le père d'Adama vit avec sa deuxième femme. Adama a 5 demi-frères et sœurs plus jeunes que lui. Les ressources de la famille sont limitées. Le père ne peut assumer deux loyers pour les deux appartements. Analphabète et livrée à elle-même, Fatou enchaîne les ménages en intérim et les horaires de nuit. Adama l'accompagne dans toutes ses démarches administratives, car sa mère est incapable de signer son nom. Il est témoin de son humiliation et de son dévouement. Fatou vit dans l'attente du retour de son fils aîné, Djibril (Idrissa Diabaté). Le jeune homme a été renvoyé "au bled" par le père de famille, pour le punir avoir fréquenté les dealers du quartier. Au milieu de cet imbroglio familial, Adama se sent très seul.Actors
Guillaume Gouix
(Stanislas Mauger, le prof de sport)
Joséphine de Meaux
(La CPE)
Vincent Rottiers
(l'homme du parking)
Idrissa Diabaté
(le grand frère d'Adama)
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