The story revolves around a 13-year-old boy named Benoît (played by Olivier Guéritée) who goes on vacation to the Ardèche region in southern France. There, he meets Clément (played by Julien Héteau), a free-spirited and charismatic young man in his late teens. What starts as a summer friendship quickly evolves into a mentorship, but then takes a complicated turn. Benoît develops a powerful and obsessive hero-worship that blurs the lines between admiration, friendship, and innocent sexual awakening.
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