15 Lads

{{Short description|2011 film by Romain Cogitore}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = 15 Lads | image = 15 Lads (2011) film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Nos résistances}} | director = Romain Cogitore | writer = Romain Cogitore | producer = {{Plainlist| * Tom Dercourt<ref name="cineuropa">{{Cite web |title=Nos résistances |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/193753/ |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Cineuropa}}</ref> * Sophie Erbs<ref name="cineuropa"/> }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * François Civil * Grégoire Colin * Grégory Gatignol * Jules Sitruk * Jules Sadoughi * Ralph Amoussou * Juliette Lamboley * Michel Vuillermoz }} | cinematography = Thomas Ozoux<ref name="cineuropa"/> | editing = Nathalie Langlade<ref name="cineuropa"/> | music = Julien Lourau<ref name="cineuropa"/> | studio = Cinéma Defacto<ref name="cineuropa"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fifteen Lads |url=https://www.cinemadefacto.com/portfolio/fifteen-lads/ |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Cinéma Defacto}}</ref> | distributor = Shellac Distribution<ref name="cineuropa"/> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|1|5|France|ref1=<ref name="unifrance">{{Cite web |title=15 Lads de Romain Cogitore (2010) |url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/30789/15-lads |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Unifrance}}</ref>}} | runtime = 86 min<ref name="unifrance"/> | country = France<ref name="unifrance"/> | language = French<ref name="unifrance"/> | budget = | gross = }} '''''15 Lads''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Nos résistances'''}}) is a 2011 French World War II drama film<ref name="unifrance"/> 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.<ref name="unifrance"/> The film was released theatrically in France by Shellac Distribution on 5 January 2011.<ref name="unifrance"/>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2011 |title=Qui seront les révélations des Césars |url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2011/11/24/qui-seront-les-revelations-des-cesars_777081/ |website=Libération |language=fr |access-date=2 July 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216062106/https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2011/11/24/qui-seront-les-revelations-des-cesars_777081/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cast== * François Civil as François/Racine<ref name="shellac">{{Cite web |title=Nos résistances |url=http://www.shellac-altern.org/fiches-films/226-nos-resistances |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125052310/http://www.shellac-altern.org/fiches-films/226-nos-resistances |archive-date=25 November 2011 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Shellac Distribution |language=fr}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * Grégoire Colin as Le Bourreau<ref name="shellac"/> * Grégory Gatignol as Zozo<ref name="shellac"/> * Jules Sitruk as Peigne<ref name="shellac"/> * Michel Vuillermoz as Lieutenant Lebel<ref name="shellac"/> * Jeanne Mettauer as Jeanne<ref name="shellac"/> * Juliette Lamboley as Véronique<ref name="shellac"/> * Jules Sadoughi as Ficelle<ref name="shellac"/> * Ralph Amoussou as The bear <ref name="shellac"/> * Olivier Gueritée as Poux<ref name="shellac"/> * Augustin Legrand as Tonio<ref name="shellac"/> * Hélène Foubert as Racine's mother <ref name="shellac"/> * Bruno Paviot as L'Adjudant<ref name="shellac"/> * Maxime Lefrançois as Le Brigadier<ref name="shellac"/> * Stéphanie Crayencour as Jeanne's sister <ref name="shellac"/> * Anne Benoît as Véronique's mother <ref name="shellac"/> * Christopher Buchholz as The german soldier <ref name="shellac"/>

==Production== ''15 Lads'' was Romain Cogitore's feature film directorial debut.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2011 |title="Nos Résistances", premier long métrage de Romain Cogitore |trans-title="Nos Résistances", first feature film by Romain Cogitore |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/emission/20110108-nos-resistances-premier-long-metrage-romain-cogitore |website=RFI |language=fr}}</ref> 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.<ref name="dauphine">{{Cite web |last=Fays |first=Frédérique |date=22 March 2011 |title=Cinema / "Nos résistances" bientôt projeté au Lux, à Valence {{!}} Le petit-fils, réalisateur, raconte son grand-père résistant |trans-title=Cinema / “Nos résistances” soon to be screened at Lux, in Valence {{!}} The grandson, director, tells the story of his resistant grandfather |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2011/03/21/un-grand-pere-resistant-fier-de-son-petit-fils-realisateur |website=Le Dauphiné libéré |language=fr}}</ref> Antoine's voice taken from a conversation between him with the director is featured at the end of the film.<ref name="dauphine"/> "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.<ref name="dauphine"/>

The film was shot in Alsace<ref>{{Cite web |title=15 Lads - French press kit |url=https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/19/189/48403/presse/15-lads-presskit-french.pdf |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Unifrance |page=9 |language=fr}}</ref> and Vosges,<ref name="dauphine"/> between August and September 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Amandine |date=19 June 2009 |title=Romain Cogitore recherche des figurants pour son long métrage |url=https://tout-metz.com/figurants-long-metrage-lorraine-alsace-2009.php |website=Tout Metz |language=fr}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | align="center"|2006 | CNC Trophy | First Screenplay, Promising New Talents | rowspan=2|Romain Cogitore | {{Won}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Romain Cogitore |url=https://www.winckelmuller.com/COGITORE.html?lang=fr |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Catherine Winckelmuller |language=fr}}</ref> |- | align="center"|2009 | Grand Prix du Meilleur Scénariste | Junior Prize for Best Screenplay – Special Mention from the Jury | {{Won}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Lauréats, finalistes et films 1986-2022 |url=https://prix-scenariste.org/fr/accueil/laureats-finalistes-et-films-1986-2/21 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=Les Prix du Scénario |date=24 September 2018 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferenczi |first=Aurélien |date=24 November 2009 |title=Du dur exercice de lire un scénario |url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/du-dur-exercice-de-lire-un-scenario,49767.php |website=Télérama |language=fr}}</ref> |}

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== External links == * {{IMDb title}} * {{AlloCiné title}} * [https://cineuropa.org/en/film/193753/ ''15 Lads''] on Cineuropa * {{YouTube|tRvJkl8yCTk|Official trailer}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190701235015/https://lecteursanonymes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Nos-r%C3%A9sistances.pdf Screenplay] {{in lang|fr}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:15 Lads}} Category:2011 films Category:2011 war drama films Category:2011 directorial debut films Category:2011 French films Category:2011 French-language films Category:French war drama films Category:French historical drama films Category:Films directed by Romain Cogitore Category:Films with screenplays by Romain Cogitore Category:Films set in 1944 Category:French World War II films Category:Films about the French Resistance Category:French films based on actual events Category:Films set in France Category:Films shot in Alsace Category:Films shot in France Category:French-language war drama films