THE YOUNG ONE
Film - International Independents Filmfest 2017

THE YOUNG ONE

Directed by Julien Samani

Info

Director: Julien Samani
Section: International Independents
Country: France, Portugal
Year: 2016
PT: JEUNESSE
OT: JEUNESSE
Language: French
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Kévin Azaïs, Samir Guesmi, Jean-François Stévenin, Bastien Ughetto, Camille Polet
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

THE YOUNG ONE

Zico yearns to be elsewhere and embarks on a freighter at Le Havre, but very soon tensions with the rest of the crew and repeated mishaps aboard put an end to his dreams of adventure. A battle starts with the elements and with the men's ordeals. Julien Samani stages the eternal battle against the elements and among men based on Joseph Conrad's 1902 short story "Youth".

Meet the director

THE YOUNG ONE

Julien Samani

Julien Samani was born in 1973. After working in advertising photography, he enrolled at l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1995 to study visual design. In 1998, he transferred to Cooper Union School of Design in New York, where he began studying film. Back in France, he worked in fashion illustration for the press and designed posters for the Ministry of Culture, then shot his first film LA PEAU TROUÉE. THE YOUNG ONE is his first fiction feature film.

Credits

Screenplay: Julien Samani, Camille Fontaine
Original Material: Joseph Conrad
Director of Photography: Simon Beaufils
Film Editor: Julie Dupré
Composer: Ulysse Klotz
Production Designer: Paula Szabo
Costume Design: Marta do Vale
Sound: Benjamin Viau, Francisco Veloso, Emmanuel Soland
Producer: Paulo Branco
Production Company: Alfama Films
Co-Production Company: Leopardo Filmes
World Sales: Alfama Films