AFM Festival Ciné Club - Leurs Enfants Après Eux

In our second edition of the AFM Festival Ciné Club, we will be screening Leurs Enfants Après Eux, based on the 2018 Prix Goncourt-winning novel of the same name by Nicolas Mathieu.

The film starts off in August 1992 on a stifling hot afternoon in a lost valley somewhere in Eastern France. 14 year old Anthony and his cousin kill boredom by the lake, meeting with Steph and Clem. For Anthony, this will turn out to be the summer of his first love, that which defines everything. The bittersweet moment in life marking the end of childhood and one’s coming of age. But there’s also Hacine, a young rebel from the neighbourhood. And a motorcycle he steals from Anthony, that turns their whole life upside down. Over the course of four crucial summers (1992 - 1998), the destinies of Anthony, Steph and Hacine intersect, collide and intertwine. And in the midst of all this turmoil, love will try to find its way…

We will be joined for discussion on the film by Bertrand Bourgeois, Associate Professor in French Cinema Studies at the University of Melbourne, a passionate cinéphile and collaborator on the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2025.