10½ (2010)

Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.

Director:

Daniel Grou

Writer:

Claude Lalonde

Stars:

Claude Legault, Robert Naylor, Eugénie Beaudry

6 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Claude Legault	...	Gilles Séguin
Robert Naylor	...	Tommy Leblanc
Eugénie Beaudry	...	Karine
Blaise Tardif	...	Bédard
Martin Dubreuil	...	Luc Lebeau
Félixe Ross	...	Sonia Leblanc
Julie Saint-Pierre	...	Julie
Norman Helms	...	Josse
Mélanie Desjardins Chevaudier	...	Evelyne Boileau
Virginie Morin	...	Mélanie
Monique Gosselin	...	Dr. Michèle Bergeron
Richard Fréchette	...	Normand
Michel Bérubé	...	Animateur MIRA
Isaac Bellemare	...	Tommy, 6 ans
Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay	...	Kevin

Storyline

From a broken home - his parents, Luc Lebeau and Sonia Leblanc, both with substance abuse issues and who are no longer together - and living within the foster care system, ten year old Tommy Leblanc is sent to Springboard, a juvenile detention and rehabilitation center, following what is only the latest troubling incident in his long troubled life. Each boy at Springboard is assigned an educator - Tommy's being Gilles Séguin - for dedicated attention. The strict rules at Springboard all revolve around respect for each other, the consequence of any contravention of the rules usually being revocation of any privileges, and being placed in isolation, that level of isolation based on the specifics of the incident. While many of the boys are disruptive forces either by choice or by other yet undiagnosed psychological issues, Tommy takes that disruption to a new high for Gilles and Springboard, Tommy who frequently throws tantrums often of a very violent nature. Those tantrums can be ...

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Plot Keywords:

10 year old | police | quebec | fraction in title | number in title | 

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Taglines:

A film you won't forget so quickly! [German DVD]

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Genres:

Drama

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User Reviews

Every child should get second chance.

Firstly, I need to say that team(director, actors...) did great stuff. I have never seen such movie before. And want to thank for such film cause it shows that not everything is well in our life. I see that during shooting psychiatrists were involved and showed us real dregs' of society life.

Have been shown properly the connection between sex and aggression.

You cannot make good by applying strict and violence. I mean, nevertheless child so bad behaved we always must show him the another way otherwise he would reject the whole world and we will have replenishment in crime in future when this child grows up.

If I were that teacher I would behave myself even more discreetly with such boy.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 October 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

10 i po godina

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD3,900,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zoofilms

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1