Red Ants (Les fourmis rouges) 17 years old

A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Stéphan Carpiaux. A tragic accident has claimed the life of Alex's mother, and now the grieving teen will be forced to grow up before her time. Though Alex's father Frank wages a valiant struggle to overcome the apathy that consumes him following the loss of his beloved wife, the situation grows complicated when the naïve adolescent unintentionally compounds her father's pain. As tenderness threatens to give way to desire, Alex makes the acquaintance of twenty-two year old Hector. Later, as a friendship begins to blossom between Alex and Heather, Alex becomes acutely aware of just how damaging her relationship with her father has become.

Credits

Red Ants Cast

Name Character
Déborah François She was 20, now 37 years old as Alex
Frédéric Pierrot He was 47, now 64 years old as Franck
Arthur Jugnot He was 26, now 43 years old as Hector
Jean-François Wolff He was 44, now 61 years old as l'épicier
Julie Gayet She was 35, now 52 years old as Anne
Franck Sasonoff He was 40, now 57 years old as Kremer
Claire Johnston She was 67, 47 years old when she died as Irène
Norbert Rutili as le professeur

Red Ants Crew

Name Department
Stephan Carpiaux as Director. He was 43 (now 60) years old Directing
Red Ants poster
Red Ants (17 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, November 14, 2007