History Film / LePerilJeune

* FunWithAcronyms: The five friends create a political group, the "Groupe anarchie dure" (hard anarchy group), in short the "GA'''G'''" (''sic''). Of course, it's a joke.

* YourCheatingHeart: When Tomasi spends a night in the squat, Barbara leaves her bed where her boyfriend Bruno is sleeping to have sex with Tomasi.

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''Le Péril jeune'' ("The Young Peril", a French play on words with "le péril jaune", i.e. the YellowPeril) is a 1994 French film directed by Cédric Klapisch, starring Romain Duris, Vincent Elbaz, Hélène de Fougerolles, and Élodie Bouchez.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Christine says that she heard on the radio that unemployment will disappear within two years. In 1994, unemployment was still a major problem in France.

* FunWithAcronyms: The five friends create a political group, the "Groupe anarchie dure" (hard anarchy group), in short the "GA'''G'''". Of course, it's a joke.

* YourCheatingHeart: When Tomasi spends a night in the squat, Barbara leaves her bed where Bruno is sleeping and she has sex with Tomasi.

* DumbBlonde: The five friends makes fun of Christine, a blonde girl, because they think she is stupid (for example, when she asks during a geography class what is productivity). Léon has a crush on her, but does not dare to start a relationship with her because of that.

* FunWithAcronyms: The five friends create a political group, the "Groupe anarchie dure", in short the "GA'''G'''". Of course, it's a joke.

* CreatorCameo: The director, Cédric Klapisch, plays the role of a father who goes out of the maternity room.

* RashomonStyle: Momo's account of the meeting between Tomasi and Sophie is different from Chabert's. Chabert remembers that Tomasi immediately tried to pick Sophie, whereas Momo remembers that he was trying to put his hand on the thigh of a black girl. However, the two versions are not totally incompatible.

* RaceForYourLove: Barbara has to go back to London. She says Bruno goodbye who is angry at her. Then Bruno calls Tomasi and tells him that he loves Barbara, but he has never told her. Tomasi advises him to run to the squat to tell Barbara his feelings for her. Unfortunately, when he gets to the flat, Barbara is already gone. So he goes to the train station, but the train has already left.

Four high school friends, Chabert, Momo, Bruno and Léon, meet in a maternity hospital, five years after graduation. Another high school friend, Sophie, is in labor. Her child is the son of Tomasi, a close friend of the four guys, who died one month ago.

* ComingOfAgeStory: The film tells the last year in high school of five friends, their first experimentations with drugs, and their first crushes and relationships.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Christine says that he heard on the radio that unemployment will disappear within two years. In 1994, unemployment was still a major problem in France.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Christine says that he heard on the radio that the unemployment will disappear within two years. In 1994, unemployment was still a major problem in France.

* CoolTeacher: The math teacher who sets up a relaxation session before the tests.

* RaceForYourLove: Barbara has to go back to London. She says Bruno goodbye who is angry at her. Then he calls Tomasi and tells him that he loves Barbara, but he has never told her. Tomasi advises him to run to the squat to tell Barbara his feelings for her. Unfortunately, when he gets to the flat, Barbara is already gone. So he goes to the train station, but the train has already left.