Stella (2008 film)

Stella
Directed by	Sylvie Verheyde
Written by	Sylvie Verheyde
Starring	Léora Barbara Mélissa Rodrigues Benjamin Biolay Karole Rocher Guillaume Depardieu
Edited by	Christel Dewynter
Music by	NousDeux the band
Production companies	Les Films du Veyrier ARTE France WDR
Release date	12 October 2008 (2008-10-12)(Gent International Film Festival)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$2.8 million
Box office	$1.4 million [1]

Stella is 2008 French autobiographical ^[2] film directed by Sylvie Verheyde.

Plot

The film chronicles the daily life of an 11-year-old Parisian girl. Her unhappily married parents run a lively working-class bar, marked by infidelity and alcoholism, and she interacts with its rough and sometimes violent clientele. At school she performs poorly and is bullied. During the holidays she is left with her grandmother and aunt in the countryside. Throughout, she struggles as an outsider but finds support in her two friends.

Cast

• Léora Barbara as Stella
• Mélissa Rodrigues as Gladys
• Laëtitia Guerard as Geneviève
• Benjamin Biolay as Stella's father
• Karole Rocher as Stella's mother
• Thierry Neuvic as Yvon
• Guillaume Depardieu as Alain-Bernard
• Anne Benoît as Madame Douchewsky

Festivals and awards

• Official selection at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival
• The Lina Mangiacapre Award, and also a Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award for education about the disease of alcoholism, at the 65th Venice International Film Festival

References

1. "Stella".
2. Interview with Sylvie Verheyde

External links

• Stella at IMDb