Movie: I Gave Everything to the Sun Except My Shadow

Top 10 Billed Cast

Marine Sleiman
Marine Sleiman

Lynn

Albert Chinet
Albert Chinet

Yann

Stéphanie Schneider
Stéphanie Schneider

Louise

Paul Laurent
Paul Laurent

Paul

Anastasia Kuklova
Anastasia Kuklova

Nastya

Léna Voisin
Léna Voisin

Léna

Matthieu Bovel
Matthieu Bovel

Matthieu

Alban Mariéthoz
Alban Mariéthoz

Alban

Jodie Rudaz
Jodie Rudaz

Jodie

Noé Savioz
Noé Savioz

Noé

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    When Lynn comes back home after having been away for a year, she suddenly feels like a stranger among her own. An intimate journey into the world and mind of this young woman, striving to love and to find her own identity.

  • Release Date

    2016-05-06

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Français
  • Keywords

Recommendations Movies

On the Edge
66%

On the Edge(en)

2001-09-21

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

The Strawberry Statement
60%

The Strawberry Statement(en)

1970-08-28

A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.

Life in a Year
82%

Life in a Year(en)

2020-11-27

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

Two for the Seesaw
65%

Two for the Seesaw(en)

1962-11-21

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.

White Wedding
65%

White Wedding(fr)

1989-11-08

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

Cesar and Rosalie
72%

Cesar and Rosalie(fr)

1972-10-11

A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsider her choice. Ultimately, one man's actions force a resolution to her dilemma.

The Last Summer
60%

The Last Summer(en)

2019-05-03

Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.

A Nos Amours
68%

A Nos Amours(fr)

1983-11-16

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.

The Girl on the Train
58%

The Girl on the Train(fr)

2009-03-18

Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne fails the interview but falls into a relationship with Franck, a wrestler whose dreams and claims of being in a legitimate business partnership Jeanne is only too happy to believe. When Franck is arrested, he turns on Jeanne for her naivety; she's stung and seeks attention by making up a story of an attack on a train. Is there any way out for her?

Ashes in the Snow
64%

Ashes in the Snow(en)

2018-10-12

The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.

Wild Seas
59%

Wild Seas(fr)

2022-12-14

A couple of fisher-folk are joined by a young new apprentice in the middle of a raging storm.

My First Time
66%

My First Time(fr)

2012-01-18

Zachary is 20 years old. Dark and independent, he collects amorous conquests and school failure. Sarah is 18 years old. First class, fragile, she fills her emotional gaps with perfect control of his life. Nothing should close and yet, the year of the tank, for six months, they will live a love against which nothing can be, the true, the big one that marks a life forever.

The Best of Me
75%

The Best of Me(en)

2014-10-15

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

The Clique
59%

The Clique(en)

2008-11-11

A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.

Time Is Up
64%

Time Is Up(en)

2021-09-09

Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.

Fire with Fire
62%

Fire with Fire(en)

1986-05-09

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

(Untitled)
64%

(Untitled)(en)

2009-10-25

A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.

Medicine for Melancholy
61%

Medicine for Melancholy(en)

2009-01-30

Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco, sharing coffee and conversation and searching for a deeper connection.

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
60%

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days(fr)

1989-04-19

Lucas has invented a new computer language but at the same time he has been informed about his strange terminal illness during which he has been gradually losing his memory. Shortly after that he meets Blanche who acts as a medium in a bizarre traveling show. Dying Lucas follows her to the sea resort where they spend together several days and nights.

Winter Spring Summer or Fall
73%

Winter Spring Summer or Fall(en)

2024-12-27

Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.

Similar Movies

Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
59%

Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)(fr)

2003-03-05

"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. Although other gang members feel out of their league, Jean persuades them to take part and Caty finds herself in a hellish world of betrayal, violence and murder.

Two Mules for Sister Sara
70%

Two Mules for Sister Sara(en)

1970-03-02

When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.

The Gamblers
0%

The Gamblers(de)

2007-06-20

General arrives in Baden-Baden with his stepdaughter Polina and his mother, seeking social standing and respite. Secretly, they chase casino fortunes alongside a French businessman and beauty. Alexej, Polina’s tutor, struggles with his own gambling past while falling for her. When the wealthy “Babushka” dies, the family’s financial woes vanish, freeing Alexej to court Polina. Yet he loses everything in a sudden winning streak that upends loyalties and reveals the world’s true stakes: love, money, and chance.

Ghosts
60%

Ghosts(de)

2005-09-15

Nina, a mentally ill teenage orphan, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fall in love but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. Meanwhile, Francoise is picked up at a Berlin psychiatric hospital by her husband, Pierre. After spotting Nina, Francoise believes that she has found her kidnapped daughter Marie, but no one believes her.

The Spanish Apartment
71%

The Spanish Apartment(fr)

2002-06-19

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.

Notes on a Scandal
71%

Notes on a Scandal(en)

2006-12-25

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

May Fools
68%

May Fools(fr)

1990-01-24

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.

The Piano Teacher
73%

The Piano Teacher(fr)

2001-09-05

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Elephant
70%

Elephant(en)

2003-09-20

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

The Double Life of Véronique
75%

The Double Life of Véronique(fr)

1991-05-15

Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.

Dog Days
65%

Dog Days(de)

2001-09-03

Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

One Deadly Summer
69%

One Deadly Summer(fr)

1983-05-11

Shortly after Elle Wieck moves to a small French village, she begins dating Pin-Pon, a quiet young mechanic who has grown obsessed with the beautiful newcomer. But Elle has her own reason for the relationship...

Green Street Hooligans
73%

Green Street Hooligans(en)

2005-09-09

After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.

En Route
74%

En Route(de)

2004-02-10

A slightly sinister but charming young man falls in with a young mother and daughter and her boyfriend on a camping holiday and leads them astray.

The Last Day
46%

The Last Day(fr)

2004-11-03

At Christmas time, 19-year-old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine his feelings when Louise develop a liaison of her own with his childhood friend Mathieu.

Paris
65%

Paris(fr)

2008-02-20

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

Summer Hours
64%

Summer Hours(fr)

2008-03-05

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
65%

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy(en)

1982-07-16

A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.

The Girl and the Echo
60%

The Girl and the Echo(lt)

1964-12-28

The movie, based on a story by Yuri Nagibin, depicts a young girl named Vika enjoying the last days of summer vacations in a sea resort somewhere in the south.

The History Boys
66%

The History Boys(en)

2006-10-02

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.