Just an Illusion

A boy navigates puberty and parental strife in this nostalgic coming-of-age comedy set in 1980s Paris and starring Louis Garrel and Camille Cottin.

1985, Paris. Vincent is on the cusp of turning 13 and discovering a love of music and girls. At home, his father (Louis Garrel, The Dreamers) dons a suit each day to go to a job that doesn't exist, while his ambitious mother (Camille Cottin, Call My Agent!) sees a future in technology and sets about to make it happen.

Writer-directors Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano (whose 2011 film Untouchable earned a BAFTA nomination and a César win) channelled memories of their own adolescence as Jewish immigrants growing up in Paris into this coming-of-age tale dripping with 80s nostalgia.