by Hal Erickson
synopsis
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.
characteristics
- Teen
- Coming-of-age
- Life-changes
- Girl
- First Love
- High School Life
- New-kid-in-town
- Marriage-problems
- Infidelity
- Family-strife
- Marital-problems
- Love
- Party
- Romantic
- Romance
