

Being 17
Adolescence is the only time when you learn something at all
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $2M
- Language
- French
- homophobia
- bullying
- male homosexuality
- in the closet
- pyrenees mountain ridge
- first love
- lgbt
- lgbt teen
- gay theme
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)Seattle International Film Festival9 Jun 2016
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival8 Jun 2016
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival31 Jul 2016
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT1223 Oct 2016
BrazilBR
- Theatrical14 Sept 2017
FranceFR
- Theatrical (limited)Lyon Écrans Mixtes Festival8 Mar 2016
- Theatrical (limited)Valenciennes Film Festival18 Mar 2016
- Theatrical30 Mar 2016
- Digital / OTT31 Aug 2016
GermanyDE
- Premiere12Berlin International Film Festival14 Feb 2016
ItalyIT
- Theatrical6 Oct 2016
SerbiaRS
- Theatrical (limited)Belgrade Film Festival27 Feb 2016
SpainES
- Theatrical16 Sept 2016
SwitzerlandCH
- Digital / OTT1630 Mar 2016
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Being 17 was released on 27 February 2016.
Audience reviews
2- R7/10
Reno
9/4/2017
**Rivalry, that's where sometimes it all begins.** I don't know why this film has not been watched by many. This is a good film, a good French gay film. Like many reviewers had already mentioned, this is not your typical gay theme. It would have been better if you had tried it without knowing what kind of story is this. Anyway, I mentioned it, but it is not a spoiler if you thought so. It would have landed at you …
- K4/10
kinrich30
8/30/2026
This was a fairly good movie and for the most part enjoyable. I think it lacked motivation for one of the characters though, he started out as a bully, but we never really learn why, he does give a slight answer for it later, but it just seems like there should have been more to it. The gay part of the story had a happy ending, but the non-gay part did not, so it's kind of a mixed reaction to this one.
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