Main Cast: Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, Denise Grey, Dominique Lavanant
Release Year: 1981
Country: FR
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
La Boum stars Sophie Marceau as a 13-year-old French girl, coping with domestic problems. Her parents, played by Claude Brasseur and Brigitte Fossey, are on the verge of a marital breakup. This is coupled by a traumatic move to Paris, and Marceau's problems in adjusting to her new surroundings and schoolmates. Though nothing new, La Boum is disarmingly diverting, a real audience pleaser (as proven by its huge international box-office take). Even as the film was making the American rounds, a sequel, La Boum 2, was in the editing stages. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The film tells the story of a 13-year-old girl, Vic, who falls in love with a boy from the same school. She and her friends are anxious to explore relationships at "boums" (parties), without the watchful eyes of their parents. At the same time, Vic's parents have extramarital relationships before reuniting towards the end of the film. In the end Vic has her eye on another boy which leads to the story of "La Boum 2."
Production
This was Sophie Marceau's first movie. She and her co-star Claude Brasseur (who plays her father) were to be re-united in the crime thriller Descente aux enfers, but this time playing the part of husband-and-wife.
