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When I Was 5, I Killed Myself

7.8 90 mins Drama   1994
Director(s): Jean-Claude Sussfeld

Release Date: 02 Wed, Feb 1994

This film is about Gils, a young boy (about ten) in a juvenile mental hospital in 1950's France. Flashbacks recount his conflicts with authority and his strong relationship with Jessica, a similarly rebellious schoolmate. Simultaneously, a compassionate doctor develops a trusting friendship with Gils, which a higher-ranking authoritarian doctor tries to thwart.

Casts of When I Was 5, I Killed Myself

Blanche Ravalec

as La mère de Gil

Patrick Bouchitey

as Dr. Nevele

Salomé Lelouch

as Jessica

Anny Romand

as Mme Cochrane

François Clavier

as Le père de Gil

Hippolyte Girardot

as Dr. Edouard Valmont

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