---
title: 'The Adolescent (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jeanne Moreau'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-adolescent-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077123/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Adolescent (1979)

1979 · 90 min · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: L'Adolescente

## Synopsis

The Adolescent is a French drama film directed by Jeanne Moreau in 1978, released January 1979. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Set deep in the French countryside just before the start of World War II, it shows the idyllic life of a remote village in the mountainous Auvergne where a family from Paris has come to holiday with relatives. The family get-together marks a coming-of-age for daughter Marie, the adolescent of the title.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jeanne Moreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-moreau)
- **Screenplay:** [Jeanne Moreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-moreau)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Producer:** [Tarak Ben Ammar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tarak-ben-ammar)

## Cast

- [Jacques Rispal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-rispal)
- [Françoise Bette](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-bette)
- [Jean-François Balmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-balmer)
- [Jean Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-berger)
- [Charles Millot](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-millot)
- [Maurice Baquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-baquet)
- [Bérangère Bonvoisin](https://cinepixo.com/people/berangere-bonvoisin)
- [Élisabeth Margoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-margoni)
- [Aure Atika](https://cinepixo.com/people/aure-atika)
- [Hélène Vallier](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-vallier)
- [Nadine Basile](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadine-basile)
- [Roger Blin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-blin)
- [Juliette Brac](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-brac)
- [Pierre Forget](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-forget)
- [Francis Huster](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-huster)

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