The true, heartbreaking true story of a teenager knocked cut down by AIDS. May 1994. The whole country is distressed as A frail young woman opens the first International AIDS Day (Sidaction), boradcastedtelethon on French networks. Barbara Samson, 17, tells the country herSamson's tragic story moves the whole of France. It is the story of a teenager contaminated by the HIV virus throughwhose unhappiness, ignorance and a need for loveof affection led to her being infected with HIV. Being Seventeen is a moving account of Barbara's struggle, but it does more than just tell her story. The film is a modern-day fable that takes a close look at the complex relationship between parents and children as well as the joys and sorrowsand at the ups and downs of youth of today's youth. Barbara's tale goes beyond tragedy; it is first and foremost a hymn to life.
