Stella (2008 film)

Stella is an autobiographical 2008 French film directed by Sylvie Verheyde.

Plot
The film chronicles the daily life of an 11 year old Parisien girl: her unhappily married parents running a lively working class bar; their infidelity and alcoholism; engaging with the rough and sometime violent clientele; her smart school where she does not do well and is bullied; being left for the holidays with her grandmother and aunt in the country. Everywhere, she has to survive being somewhat of an outsider everywhere and make the most of her two friends.

Cast

 * Léora Barbara as Stella
 * Mélissa Rodrigues as Gladys
 * Laëtitia Guerard as Geneviève
 * Benjamin Biolay as Stella's father
 * Karole Rocher as Stella's mother
 * Thierry Neuvic as Yvon
 * Guillaume Depardieu as Alain-Bernard
 * Anne Benoît as Madame Douchewsky

Festivals and awards

 * Official selection at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival
 * The Lina Mangiacapre Award, and also a Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award for education about the disease of alcoholism, at the 65th Venice International Film Festival