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Bad Seeds

Bad Seeds

20125.31h 35m

Overview

Quiet 16-year-old Louis, the high school headmaster’s son, has never been in trouble. His best friend, 18-year-old Greg, however, is his polar opposite: provocative, angry, violent, he has been kicked out of school for physically threatening young English teacher Camille. When Greg asks Louis to help him take revenge on Camille, Louis accepts, fascinated...

Directed by Safy Nebbou
Written by Safy Nebbou, Thomas Narcejac, Pierre Boileau
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Top Cast

Charles Berling

Charles Berling

Pierre Verdier

Émile Berling

Émile Berling

Louis

Sarah Stern

Sarah Stern

Camille

Kévin Azaïs

Kévin Azaïs

Greg

Mireille Perrier

Mireille Perrier

Nathalie Delcourt

Patrick Bonnel

Patrick Bonnel

Bernard Delcourt

Pierre Lottin

Pierre Lottin

Eric Delcourt

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Themes & Keywords

parent child relationshipguncell phoneteenager

About Bad Seeds

Bad Seeds is a drama, crime film released in 2012 exploring themes of parent child relationship, gun, cell phone, teenager. Directed by Safy Nebbou, it stars Charles Berling, Émile Berling, Sarah Stern. Quiet 16-year-old Louis, the high school headmaster’s son, has never been in trouble. His best friend, 18-year-old Greg, however, is his polar opposite: provocative, angry, violent, he has been kicked out of school for physically threatening young English teacher Camille. When Greg asks Louis to help him take revenge on Camille, Louis accepts, fascinated...

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