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YOU'LL GET OVER IT
You'll Get Over It covers all the bases of a contemporary coming-out story: the lying, the
betrayal, the shock, and the locker room homophobia. Set in a suburban Paris high school, a
popular athlete, Vincent, runs off to Paris for a rendezvous with an older man, while sleeping
with his clear-headed girlfriend, Noémie. But a confrontational, openly-gay teenager
(Come Undone's Elkaïm) threatens to blow his cover.
In shorter form, You’ll Get Over It could be part of a French version of the Boys' Shorts series. As it is, the film is too elementary - and perhaps not explicit enough
- to appeal to adults, and its most likely intended audience, late teens, don't make up a significant
portion of the foreign-film-going audience. With its frank approach and uplifting ending, this is
unfortunate. All that said, the performances are subtle and strong, particularly those of the
supporting cast, each of whom is given a moment to shine: Vincent's mother (Millet) or his
"loser" straight brother, who's jealous of his champion younger brother. Indeed, it's Antoine
Michel as Régis who remains true to the film's overall tone, while at the same time
managing to bring at least some humor to a drama many of us have seen before. Steven Cordova is contributing editor to Film-Forward.com and a poet, whose chapbook, Slow Dissolve,
is available from Momotombo Press.
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