Andrè Tèchinè

The Profile

French film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas and explorations of adolescence, identity and relationships. Active since the 1960s.

Works often address adolescence and complex emotional relationships; "Quando Hai 17 Anni" (reviewed here) is set in the French Pyrenees and follows two young protagonists, Thomas and Damien, over a school year.

The provided review praises Andrè Tèchinè's film "Quando Hai 17 Anni" as a clear, poetic coming-of-age story set in the French Pyrenees. It focuses on the tense, evolving relationship between Thomas and Damien across a school year, ending on luminous, dreamlike final images.