
Private Lessons(2009)
An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.


“We'll love one another 'til death”
1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students in Paris and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up house in an abandoned farm in the Lot region. A desire for freedom and the search for individual fulfillment lead them to make choices that cause them to separate.

Laetitia Casta
Catherine

Yannick Renier
Yves

Yann Trégouët
Hervé

Sabrina Seyvecou
Ludmilla

Christine Citti
Maryse

Kate Moran
Caroline

Marc Citti
Serge

Théo Frilet
Boris

Alain Fromager
Antoine

Marilyne Canto
Dominique
Born in 68 is a drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of lovers, hippie lifestyle, nudism, gay theme. Directed by Olivier Ducastel, it stars Laetitia Casta, Yannick Renier, Yann Trégouët. 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students in Paris and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up house in an abandoned farm in the Lot region. A desire for freedom and the search for individual fulfillment lead them to make choices that cause them to separate.
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