15 Lads
Theatrical release poster
FrenchNos résistances
Directed byRomain Cogitore
Written byRomain Cogitore
Produced by
  • Tom Dercourt[1]
  • Sophie Erbs[1]
Starring
CinematographyThomas Ozoux[1]
Edited byNathalie Langlade[1]
Music byJulien Lourau[1]
Production
company
Cinéma Defacto[1][2]
Distributed byShellac Distribution[1]
Release date
  • 5 January 2011 (2011-01-05) (France)[3]
Running time
86 min[3]
CountryFrance[3]
LanguageFrench[3]

15 Lads (French: Nos résistances) is a 2011 French World War II drama film[3] written and directed by Romain Cogitore in his feature film directorial debut, inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, as a French Resistance fighter when he was a teenager. It stars François Civil as a 19-year-old carefree rescuer who joins a group of 15 young men from the French Resistance in 1944.[3] The film was released theatrically in France by Shellac Distribution on 5 January 2011.[3]

For his performance in the film, François Civil was selected as one of the Revelations of the 2012 César Awards and was on the longlist for a pre-nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actor.[4]

Cast

Production

15 Lads was Romain Cogitore's feature film directorial debut.[6] The film was inspired by the real-life experiences of Cogitore's grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, who was a resistance fighter during World War II in the Maquis of Grande Chartreuse when he was 17 years old.[7] Antoine's voice taken from a conversation between him with the director is featured at the end of the film.[7] "I find his film very good. It was made by a young person for young people. I was overwhelmed, especially when I heard my voice at the end of the film. I didn't know that he had kept an extract of my conversation with him", Antoine said of the film in 2011.[7]

The film was shot in Alsace[8] and Vosges,[7] between August and September 2009.[9]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2006 CNC Trophy First Screenplay, Promising New Talents Romain Cogitore Won [10]
2009 Grand Prix du Meilleur Scénariste Junior Prize for Best Screenplay – Special Mention from the Jury Won [11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nos résistances". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Fifteen Lads". Cinéma Defacto. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "15 Lads de Romain Cogitore (2010)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Qui seront les révélations des Césars". Libération (in French). 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Nos résistances". Shellac Distribution (in French). Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ↑ ""Nos Résistances", premier long métrage de Romain Cogitore" ["Nos Résistances", first feature film by Romain Cogitore]. RFI (in French). 8 January 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Fays, Frédérique (22 March 2011). "Cinema / "Nos résistances" bientôt projeté au Lux, à Valence | Le petit-fils, réalisateur, raconte son grand-père résistant" [Cinema / “Nos résistances” soon to be screened at Lux, in Valence | The grandson, director, tells the story of his resistant grandfather]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French).
  8. ↑ "15 Lads - French press kit" (PDF). Unifrance (in French). p. 9. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Amandine (19 June 2009). "Romain Cogitore recherche des figurants pour son long métrage". Tout Metz (in French).
  10. ↑ "Romain Cogitore". Catherine Winckelmuller (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Lauréats, finalistes et films 1986-2022". Les Prix du Scénario (in French). 24 September 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Ferenczi, Aurélien (24 November 2009). "Du dur exercice de lire un scénario". Télérama (in French).
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