The film Seize Printemps by young director Suzanne Lindon, is available in cinemas since June 16. For a first film, the director surprises with her thin script, her delicate staging and her bold choices. With a platonic love story of a high school student with a thirty-year-old, Suzanne Lindon marks minds and hearts. In preview, the editorial staff of Just Focus gives you its review. Synopsis: Suzanne is sixteen years old. She is bored with people her age. Every day to go to high school, she walks past a theater. There she meets a man older than her who becomes her obsession. Thanks to their age difference, they think they are no longer bored together and fall in love. But Suzanne feels that she risks missing out on her life, that of her sixteen years that she had so much trouble living like the others. " READ ALSO – Cruella: The origin story of hell with punk looks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7xnfjdsPW4
A slim scenario
With Seize Spring, Suzanne Lindon unveils a fifty-page screenplay, which she wrote at the age of fifteen. The young director does not hide it, she says her script is short but it is a choice. From the first moments of the film, one immediately realizes the absence of long dialogue and therefore long silence. Thus, at the beginning of the film the story takes time to start. But hey, it doesn't matter we enjoy the beautiful images and the prestigious casting with Suzanne Lindon headlining. You will have understood it in Seize Spring, Suzanne Lindon in all hats: actress, screenwriter and director. With this film, Suzanne affirms her potential as an actress and director but has yet to prove her writing. But since this is his first film, we can only look forward to his next project.
A delicate staging
Despite the presence of a thin script, Suzanne Lindon's delicate staging helps the viewer immerse himself in the subtlety of this first love. The camera is not immersive on the contrary it naturally follows Suzanne's everyday life. The delicate staging is also shown with the two moments of dance between the two main actors. Two moments, both intriguing and touching, paying tribute to the dancer Pina Bausch. Sometimes in a few scenes, you might think it's a documentary because the staging is so subtle. On the other hand, the problem with Sixteen Spring is certainly its script and thus its short dialogues. 
Being a fan of good dialogue, Suzanne Lindon's film has many moments where nothing happens. When watching this film, the director chose instead to focus on the staging and leave aside the script. So if you watch films only for beautiful sentences or a dialogue à la Michel Audiard, we do not recommend it. On the other hand, if you like beautiful staging, go for it. In addition, the young Suzanne Lindon was lucky to have in her cast prestigious actors like Arnaud Valois.
References to everything
You can't help but see references everywhere, in every scene! When Suzanne, the main character, invites us to her room, we see a poster of an old movie written Suzanne on it. References to the films Diabolo Minthe by Diane Kurys, À nos amours by Maurice Pialat, La Boum by Claude Pinoteau or the acting of James Thierrée and Charlie Chaplin also interfere in this film without really being claimed by the director. Except maybe the diabolo grenadine, which Suzanne drinks throughout the film. 
These references reveal the cinematographic tastes of the director as if through them, Suzanne Lindon was trying to explain her artistic choices. Being cinephiles, we are delighted to see references to Pialat or Kurys. The editorial staff of Just Focus recommends that you go see Suzanne Lindon's Sixteen Spring at the cinema. Despite the presence of a rather thin scenario, Suzanne will transport you to her cinematographic universe and the beautiful streets of Paris. By watching this first film, you will be able to make up your own mind while enjoying the delicate and touching story of a first love.
