# Imagine 17 ans (2002)

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**Original title**: *Try Seventeen*
**Runtime**: 96 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance, Drama
**Directed by**: Jeffrey Porter
**Written by**: Charles Kephart
**Starring**: Elijah Wood, Franka Potente, Mandy Moore, Debbie Harry, Elizabeth Perkins, Chris William Martin

> *You're only seventeen once. For Jones Dillon, it's one time too many.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Teenagers who opt out of college get rooms, not regrets. Jones splits his days between actress Lisa and photographer Jane until the ex shows up, reminding him where his heart parked. The resulting calculus isn’t advanced, but the algebra of attraction works just fine.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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