Première année

Here's a film about the pressures of higher education, just in case you forgot. Two first-year med students, one a hopeful newbie and the other a repeat offender, navigate a cutthroat academic gauntlet. It's a French movie about the perils of trying hard, which means it's also about giving up.

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Thomas Lilti directed Première année in 2018. See Thomas Lilti's full filmography, where to start with Thomas Lilti, or where to go after you've seen everything by Thomas Lilti.

Première année was released in 2018 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 92 minutes.