The Year when I Was Seven (L'année de mes sept ans) 21 years old

My name is Hélène and 1952 was not an easy year for me. First, because my parents decided to leave Montpellier for Paris but without taking me and my big brother Michel along with them. Why, I don't know... The fact remains that I had to leave the south for Lille, in the North, where my grandmother Yaya (her true name is Alice but this is the way call her) and my grandfather Georges were living. What I disliked most was that Yaya had a preference for Michel and that Granddaddy was too grumpy. In Lille I also got very upset when pupils at the catholic school I attended told me I was... Jewish. Jewish? I didn't even know that Jews even existed. And when I knew better about them (Michel was more informed than I was), what a shock it was when I learned that my two other grandparents had been sent to a concentration during the war. A little too much for a little girl like me. A sure thing is that I will never forget the year 1952, the year when I was seven...

Credits

The Year when I Was Seven Cast

Name Character
Clémence Meyer as Hélène
Gilles Ségal He was 74, 85 years old when he died as Georges
Vanessa Larré She was 33, now 54 years old as Marthe
Marie-José Nat She was 62, 79 years old when she died as Alice dite Yaya

The Year when I Was Seven Crew

Name Department
Irène Jouannet as Director. She was 57 (now 79) years old Directing
Irène Jouannet as Writer. She was 57 (now 79) years old Writing
The Year when I Was Seven (21 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, March 25, 2003
  • Runtime: 151 minutes