Keeper

Directed by
2015

Maxime and Mélanie love one another. Awkwardly and tenderly, they explore their sexuality together. When Mélanie finds out she is pregnant, Maxime takes it badly, but gradually comes to terms with the idea of becoming a father and so persuades Mélanie to keep the baby. So now it’s decided: at all of fifteen years of age, Maxime and Mélanie are going to be parents.

A film about a girl and a boy, normal school things, music, football trainings and the possibility to proceed towards a professional level. And pregnancy, which puts their life in a new position: what to do, what decisions have to be made, and by whom?

The film approaches the complex question of pregnancy in teenage. Especially in this case from the boy´s perspective. How to meet the demands to become a father and get his own voice to be heard. The path of life can give a new direction.

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