‘Something in the Air’ Trailer

IFC Films and Sundance Selects have acquired the US rights and released a trailer for Olivier Assayas‘ Something in the Air, which originally had its premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival.  This coming of age story is set during the heightened time of political turmoil in France during the 70s.

The film is set to screen at the Sarasota Film Festival before making a limited theatrical run May 3rd. Hit the jump for the full trailer and synopsis.

via Apple

In the months after the heady weeks of May ’68, a group of young people search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning. For Gilles (newcomer Clément Mettayer), this means having to balance his political commitments with his desire to explore painting and filmmaking; for his girlfriend Christine (Goodbye, First Love star Lola Créton), this means throwing herself wholeheartedly into the task of organizing. Olivier Assayas (Carlos,Summer Hours) here describes the sentimental education of a generation that was too young to have been on the barricades; he brilliantly captures its explorations of new lifestyles, the arguments about strategies and tactics, and above all its music, a constant presence that becomes something like the artistic unconscious of an era. The period details are perfect, but what makes this film so special is the sense it conveys of history as lived experience.