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Standing Tall

Original title: La tête haute
  • 2015
  • R
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.7K
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Catherine Deneuve and Rod Paradot in Standing Tall (2015)
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A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.

  • Director
    • Emmanuelle Bercot
  • Writers
    • Emmanuelle Bercot
    • Marcia Romano
  • Stars
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • Rod Paradot
    • Benoît Magimel
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    3.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Emmanuelle Bercot
    • Writers
      • Emmanuelle Bercot
      • Marcia Romano
    • Stars
      • Catherine Deneuve
      • Rod Paradot
      • Benoît Magimel
    • 7User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 8 nominations

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    Benoît Magimel and Rod Paradot in Standing Tall (2015)
    Sara Forestier and Rod Paradot in Standing Tall (2015)
    Rod Paradot in Standing Tall (2015)
    Lupita Nyong'o at an event for Standing Tall (2015)
    Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied at an event for Standing Tall (2015)
    Naomi Watts at an event for Standing Tall (2015)
    Sara Forestier at an event for Standing Tall (2015)
    Emmanuelle Bercot at an event for Standing Tall (2015)
    Emmanuelle Bercot at an event for Fashback (2013)
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    Catherine Deneuve and Emmanuelle Bercot at an event for Standing Tall (2015)

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    Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine Deneuve
    • La juge des enfants Florence Blaque
    Rod Paradot
    Rod Paradot
    • Malony Ferrandot
    Benoît Magimel
    Benoît Magimel
    • Yann
    Sara Forestier
    Sara Forestier
    • Séverine Ferrandot
    Diane Rouxel
    Diane Rouxel
    • Tess
    Élizabeth Mazev
    Élizabeth Mazev
    • Claudine
    • (as Elisabeth Mazev)
    Anne Suarez
    Anne Suarez
    • La directrice du CEF
    Christophe Meynet
    • Maître Robin
    Martin Loizillon
    • Le procureur
    Lucie Parchemal
    • La greffière
    Catherine Salée
    Catherine Salée
    • Gladys Vatier
    Enzo Trouillet
    • Malony à 6 ans
    Ludovic Berthillot
    • Ludo
    Michel Masiero
    Michel Masiero
    • Le grand-père
    Marie Piémontèse
    • La principale du collège
    Luc-Antoine Diquéro
    • Le directeur de prison
    Yannick Courbe
    • Tonio
    Tiffany Crobu
    • La copine de Tess
    • Director
      • Emmanuelle Bercot
    • Writers
      • Emmanuelle Bercot
      • Marcia Romano
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Several of the center instructors are played by real life ones.
    • Connections
      References Shrek (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Sound Of Da Police
      Performed by KRS-One

      Written by Showbiz (as Rodney Lemay), Lawrence Parker, Alan Lomax, Chas Chandler, Eric Burdon, John A. Lomax (as J.A. Lomax), S. Stewart

      (P) 1993 Zomba Records Llc

      With kind permission of Sony Music Entertainment France

      © Londome Music UK /Univesal Music-Z Tunes LLC / Carbert Music Inc. / Slamina Music Ltd. / Ludlow Music Inc. / Zomba Enterprises Inc. / Imagem Art et Creation

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    User reviews7

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Harrowing and moving
    This film follows the journey, during a dozen years, of two people: Malony Ferrandot, a child who is definitely not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and Florence Blaque, a judge for juveniles, as firm as surprisingly empathetic. This film gives us the impression of being in a zoo, watching wild animals loosely left to themselves, with an inadequate security fence: at the slightest hitch, it's going down the crapper!

    Around these two main characters, gravitate 1) Séverine, an immature and completely out of one's depth mother, 2) Yann, an educator certainly fragile but fundamentally benevolent and playing the role of a substitute father, and 3) Tess who is somehow a detonator in the life of Malony and makes him want to live as a mellowed man rather than survive like a wild animal.

    These five characters are certainly caricatured and / or not very credible. Thus, Séverine, the mother, is a practical joke; Florence, the judge, is exceedingly benevolent and I sincerely doubt that this is so in the real life; Tess surprisingly falls in love with a teen as antisocial as loathsome; Malony is a tie-in product from the famous video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City. But, behind these five characters, there are five awesome actors illuminating this beautiful movie.
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    • FrenchEddieFelson
    • May 20, 2019

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 13, 2015 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Молода кров
    • Filming locations
      • Etablissement pénitentiaire pour mineurs, 1 rue Rambion, Meyzieu, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France(Prison)
    • Production companies
      • Les Films du Kiosque
      • France 2 Cinéma
      • Wild Bunch
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $26,144
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,488
      • Apr 3, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,323,120
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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