The Country Years

An adolescent comes of age during a summer in the Rhône valley with his maternal grandparents Jules seems a little too close to his mother and distant from his father who wants Jules out of their Parisian house Its to be a summer of transition perhaps to a boarding school and during these weeks in the country Jules fishes with his grandfather proves himself to the local youths a group led by the bullying Red takes on some tough guys feels rejected by his mother and meets and pursues Evelyne the village beauty Shes responsive and Jules doesnt exactly know what to do next Then something happens that propels Jules into decisiveness and maturity