15 Lads

15 Lads
Theatrical release poster
French	Nos résistances
Directed by	Romain Cogitore
Written by	Romain Cogitore
Produced by	Tom Dercourt[1] Sophie Erbs[1]
Starring	François Civil Grégoire Colin Grégory Gatignol Jules Sitruk Jules Sadoughi Ralph Amoussou Juliette Lamboley Michel Vuillermoz
Cinematography	Thomas Ozoux[1]
Edited by	Nathalie Langlade[1]
Music by	Julien Lourau[1]
Production company	Cinéma Defacto[1][2]
Distributed by	Shellac Distribution[1]
Release date	5 January 2011 (2011-01-05) (France)[3]
Running time	86 min[3]
Country	France[3]
Language	French[3]

15 Lads (French: Nos résistances) is a 2011 French World War II drama film[3] written and directed by Romain Cogitore in his feature film directorial debut, inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, as a French Resistance fighter when he was a teenager. It stars François Civil as a 19-year-old carefree rescuer who joins a group of 15 young men from the French Resistance in 1944.[3] The film was released theatrically in France by Shellac Distribution on 5 January 2011.[3]

For his performance in the film, François Civil was selected as one of the Revelations of the 2012 César Awards and was on the longlist for a pre-nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actor.[4]

Cast

• François Civil as François/Racine[5]
• Grégoire Colin as Le Bourreau[5]
• Grégory Gatignol as Zozo[5]
• Jules Sitruk as Peigne[5]
• Michel Vuillermoz as Lieutenant Lebel[5]
• Jeanne Mettauer as Jeanne[5]
• Juliette Lamboley as Véronique[5]
• Jules Sadoughi as Ficelle[5]
• Ralph Amoussou as The bear [5]
• Olivier Gueritée as Poux[5]
• Augustin Legrand as Tonio[5]
• Hélène Foubert as Racine's mother [5]
• Bruno Paviot as L'Adjudant[5]
• Maxime Lefrançois as Le Brigadier[5]
• Stéphanie Crayencour as Jeanne's sister [5]
• Anne Benoît as Véronique's mother [5]
• Christopher Buchholz as The german soldier [5]

Production

15 Lads was Romain Cogitore's feature film directorial debut.[6] The film was inspired by the real-life experiences of Cogitore's grandfather, Antoine Cogitore, who was a resistance fighter during World War II in the Maquis of Grande Chartreuse when he was 17 years old.[7] Antoine's voice taken from a conversation between him with the director is featured at the end of the film.[7] "I find his film very good. It was made by a young person for young people. I was overwhelmed, especially when I heard my voice at the end of the film. I didn't know that he had kept an extract of my conversation with him", Antoine said of the film in 2011.[7]

The film was shot in Alsace[8] and Vosges,[7] between August and September 2009.[9]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2006	CNC Trophy	First Screenplay, Promising New Talents	Romain Cogitore	Won	[10]
2009	Grand Prix du Meilleur Scénariste	Junior Prize for Best Screenplay – Special Mention from the Jury		Won	[11][12]

References

1. "Nos résistances". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. "Fifteen Lads". Cinéma Defacto. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
3. "15 Lads de Romain Cogitore (2010)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
4. "Qui seront les révélations des Césars". Libération (in French). 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
5. "Nos résistances". Shellac Distribution (in French). Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
6. ""Nos Résistances", premier long métrage de Romain Cogitore" ["Nos Résistances", first feature film by Romain Cogitore]. RFI (in French). 8 January 2011.
7. Fays, Frédérique (22 March 2011). "Cinema / "Nos résistances" bientôt projeté au Lux, à Valence | Le petit-fils, réalisateur, raconte son grand-père résistant" [Cinema / “Nos résistances” soon to be screened at Lux, in Valence | The grandson, director, tells the story of his resistant grandfather]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French).
8. "15 Lads - French press kit" (PDF). Unifrance (in French). p. 9. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
9. Amandine (19 June 2009). "Romain Cogitore recherche des figurants pour son long métrage". Tout Metz (in French).
10. "Romain Cogitore". Catherine Winckelmuller (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
11. "Lauréats, finalistes et films 1986-2022". Les Prix du Scénario (in French). 24 September 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
12. Ferenczi, Aurélien (24 November 2009). "Du dur exercice de lire un scénario". Télérama (in French).

External links

• 15 Lads at IMDb 
• 15 Lads at AlloCiné (in French)
• 15 Lads on Cineuropa
• Official trailer on YouTube
• Screenplay (in French)