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Born In 68 (15)

• Consumer Advice: Contains strong language and sex
• Run time: 2 hours 53 mins

• Language: French
• Genre: Drama
• Release date: 25th September 2009

• Starring: Laetitia Casta, Yannick Renier, Yann Trégouët
• Directed by: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

• Distributor: Peccadillo Pictures

Plot Synopsis

1968
Catherine, Yves and Hervé are 20 years old. They are students and they love each other. The infamous Paris revolts in May turn their lives upside down. Filled with a sense of communal utopia, along with a few friends, they move to an abandoned farm in the countryside. However, the years of free love are short-lived, as their ambitions and pursuit of personal fulfilment leads to choices that will tear them apart.

1989
Catherine and Yves’ children are young, excitable adults who embody a world very different to the one their parents were borne from. Between the end of Communism and the explosion of AIDS, cracks begin to appear in the militant heritage that moulded the generation before them. Through their differences, relationships are severed, cultivated and reconciled against the backdrop of a series of political and historical events that changed the world for ever.

Born in ‘68 is a beautifully shot saga that boldly looks at politics, society and love from generation to generation.