Iris in Bloom
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Iris in Bloom
A Film by Valérie Mréjen & Bertrand Schefer
2011 - France - Drama - 2.35 DCP - 75 min.
with Valérie Donzelli , Lola Créton , Stanislas Merhar , Adèle Haenel & Ferdinand Régent
Language: French
Produced by Charlotte Vincent
Sixteen-year-old Iris is living the last years of her adolescence in a small provincial town when she accidentally meets Jean, a forty-year-old Parisian photographer. As they get to know each other, their relationship evolves into a love friendship that profoundly transforms their lives.
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