Film

Red Ants

2007 · Drama

IMDb

6.3

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.

Déborah François

Alex

Frédéric Pierrot

Franck

Arthur Jugnot

Hector

Julie Gayet

Anne

Claire Johnston

Irène

Norbert Rutili

le professeur

Franck Sasonoff

Kremer

Jean-François Wolff

l'épicier

• Stephan CarpiauxDirector · Writer · Producer
• Laurent DenisWriter
• Jean-Luc Van DammeProducer
• Philippe GuilbertDirector of Photography
• France DuezEditor

Release date

November 14, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

French

Genres

Drama