Going South

Going South

87 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 2009

In the summer, 27 year-old Sam drives towards the south of France in his Ford. He meets Matthieu and his sister Léa and takes them along in his apparently aimless journey. Matthieu has a crush on Sam and tries to seduce him. Léa is a beautiful, young, provocative girl who likes men so much that she got pregnant. She soon brings along Jérémie with them. Throughout the trip, they learn to know, fight and love each other. In spite of a blooming relationship with Matthieu, Sam isolates himself because of his secret: he is headed for Spain to find his long-lost mother.

Going South

87 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 2009

Going South
In the summer, 27 year-old Sam drives towards the south of France in his Ford. He meets Matthieu and his sister Léa and takes them along in his apparently aimless journey. Matthieu has a crush on Sam and tries to seduce him. Léa is a beautiful, young, provocative girl who likes men so much that she got pregnant. She soon brings along Jérémie with them. Throughout the trip, they learn to know, fight and love each other. In spite of a blooming relationship with Matthieu, Sam isolates himself because of his secret: he is headed for Spain to find his long-lost mother.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, CinéCinéma, Sofica Soficinéma 4, Ad Vitam Production, Région Haute-Normandie, Région Aquitaine
Original title Plein sud
Directors Sébastien Lifshitz
Writers Vincent Poymiro, Stéphane Bouquet, Sébastien Lifshitz

Cast

Léa Seydoux

as Léa

Nicole Garcia

as La mère

Pierre Perrier

as Jérémie

Micheline Presle

as La grand-mère

Théo Frilet

as Mathieu

Gérard Watkins

as Le père