Festival Predictions

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Francois Ozon’s Just 17

Published on April 9, 2013

#36. Francois Ozon’s Just 17

Gist: For his fourteenth feature, Ozon has chosen to film from a closed set with a media blackout pertaining to the plot, only divulging that the film centers on a teenage girl’s sexuality. Also, the film will be structured in four seasons and four songs, which makes this project sound like a mix of Ozon’s 5X2 and 8 Women a la Catherine Breillat.

Prediction: It’s surprising to note that the Ozon has only competed once in the Main Competition, in 2003 for Swimming Pool. Charlotte Rampling returns to work with Ozon once again (she last worked with him in 2007’s Angel) as part of the supporting cast in this latest feature. Despite a domestic August release, we’re predicting Directors’ Fortnight for Just 17 (though he hasn’t premiered at Cannes since 2005 with Time to Leave, as he seems to prefer Venice, Toronto, and even Berlin with his last several features).

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).