Year of the Jellyfish (1984)

Name: Year of the Jellyfish
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Released: 1984-11-07
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Bernard Giraudeau, Valérie Kaprisky, Caroline Cellier, Jacques Perrin, Barbara Nielsen

Year of the Jellyfish (1984), directed by Christopher Frank, starring Bernard Giraudeau and Valérie Kaprisky.

11/07/1984 BR Drama, Romance and Thriller 1h 50m

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Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

Renato BertaCinematography
Christopher FrankDirector, Writer
Nathalie LafaurieEditing
Alain TerzianProducer

About the film

Year of the Jellyfish (French: L'année des méduses) is a 1984 French drama film inspired by a novel by Christopher Frank, directed by Frank himself with Valérie Kaprisky and Bernard Giraudeau. The film had a total of 1,554,641 admissions in France where it was the 23rd highest-grossing film of the year.

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Plot

The teenage Chris is on holiday at Saint-Tropez with her mother Claude, while her father remains at work in Paris. After seducing a married friend of her parents and undergoing an abortion, she is looking forward to new sexual adventures. Initially she falls for the older Romain, whose interest is in supplying young girls to rich men. For himself, Romain is far more interested in the mother Claude, who gradually thaws to his approaches and becomes his enthusiastic lover. Put out at this, Chris befriends a German married couple but, after a threesome in their hotel room, the husband leaves in disgust. While starting a romance with the abandoned wife (Barbara), Chris murders Romain in order to thwart her mother.

Principal cast

Bernard Giraudeau: Romain Kalides, the pimp

Valérie Kaprisky: Chris, the daughter

Caroline Cellier: Claude, the mother

Jacques Perrin: Vic, former lover of Chris

Béatrice Agenin: Marianne Lamotte

Barbara Nielsen: Barbara, current lover of Chris

Awards and nominations

César Awards (France)

Won: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Caroline Cellier)

References

External links

Year of the Jellyfish at IMDb

Text from Year of the Jellyfish on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Jellyfish

Trivia

It premiered on November 7, 1984, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h50 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "L'Année des méduses".
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — César Award for Best Supporting Actress among them.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosFrance 3 Cinéma, Parafrance, T. Films
CountriesFrance
LanguagesFrench
StatusReleased

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Awards

César Award for Best Supporting Actress

Filming locations

Saint-Tropez

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Saint-Tropez

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Renato Berta Cinematography
Christopher Frank Director
Nathalie Lafaurie Editing
Alain Terzian Producer
Christopher Frank Writer

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What is Year of the Jellyfish about?

Year of the Jellyfish: Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

Who directed Year of the Jellyfish?

Year of the Jellyfish was directed by Christopher Frank in 1984.

Who stars in Year of the Jellyfish?

The cast of Year of the Jellyfish includes Bernard Giraudeau, Valérie Kaprisky, Caroline Cellier, Jacques Perrin and Barbara Nielsen.

How long is Year of the Jellyfish?

Year of the Jellyfish runs for 110 minutes, or 1h50.

What awards did Year of the Jellyfish win?

Year of the Jellyfish has 1 recorded awards, among them César Award for Best Supporting Actress.