Le Souffle

David is a teenager like any other. His world is filled with loud music, imaginary encounters with centre-folds, and heroic fights on make-believe battlefields. With his mother away, and his father nowhere to be found, David is forced to stay on his uncle's farm, where life lacks the excitement he craves.But the monotony of country living is about to be broken as his uncle and a collection of his friends get together for an afternoon of excessive eating and drinking, to which David is invited. Later that evening, David goes to meet a friend in the woods. Here, the effects of his drink-fuelled initiation and of the frustration he feels generally find a brutal and horrifying outlet that will change his life forever...A powerful and exquisite study of one boy's journey into the treacherous terrain of manhood, this startling film from the 'wunderkind' of modern French cinema is pure cinematic poetry.