| To Be Sixteen | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
| Producer: | Marguerite Duparc |
| Starring: | Yves Benoît Aubert Pallascio Gilles Renaud |
| Music: | Gilles Bellemare Alain Lamontagne Paul Piché |
| Cinematography: | Guy Dufaux |
| Editing: | Marguerite Duparc |
| Studio: | Cinak |
| Runtime: | 106 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
To Be Sixteen (fr|Avoir 16 ans) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1979.[1] The film stars Yves Benoît as Louis, a 16-year-old high school student who is sent to a mental institution by his father (Aubert Pallascio) to punish him for his rebelliousness, and is under the care of a psychiatrist (Gilles Renaud).[2]
The film's cast also includes Marthe Choquette, Michèle Magny, Éric Beauséjour, Frédérique Collin, Pierre Curzi, Lise L'Heureux and Jean Marchand.[2]
The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight stream at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival,[3] and was later screened in the Critics Choice program at the 1979 Festival of Festivals.[4]