Charlie Says is a 2006 French drama film. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

At the end of the school day, 11 year-old Charlie is collected by his father Serge, and they go to an isolated house where Serge has an assignation with his mistress. Silently Charlie plays outside with his boomerang. Pierre is a natural sciences teacher in the collège which Charlie attends; he is perturbed by the appearance of Matthieu, an old colleague. Now a famous archeologist, Mattieu is due to give a series of lectures about a pre-historic hunter (named 'Dirk') who suddenly left his tribe. Local mayor Jean-Louis Bertagnat officiates with great ceremony, albeit clumsily. He later finds relief with his mistress, a young municipal worker. Meanwhile, Joss, who is out on parole, is preparing a new job. Matthieu offers Pierre a place on his expedition but Pierre hesitates. When school closes, Charlie guides him to the isolated house where Pierre finds his wife with Serge. During this time Joss has messed up his robbery and is desperately trying to rid himself of a stolen television. The mayor has noticed all this from the place on the beach he uses for his trysts where, in mid break up, he'd come to reflect. Making his escape Joss is knocked out by Charlie's boomerang. Finally his witness gets Joss off the hook. Pierre decides to stay with his wife. Charlie manages to reconcile his parents. Jean-Louis ultimately goes back to his young lover.

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