Cassandre unfolds over one summer in the French countryside, watching a family notice a change they don't quite know how to name.
What is Cassandre about?
Directed by Hélène Merlin, this 2025 French drama is set in the summer of 1998, in the countryside, where fourteen-year-old Cassandre's parents and older brother begin to notice that her body has changed. The film stays close to that household as the shift in Cassandre ripples through it, tracking the small adjustments — glances, silences, half-finished conversations — a family makes when a child is visibly becoming someone new. Billie Blain leads as Cassandre, with Eric Ruf, Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Gouix, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Florian Lesieur and Agathe Rousselle rounding out the household and the wider cast. At 103 minutes, Cassandre favors an observational rhythm over incident, letting a single season carry the weight of the story.
About the cast
Billie Blain plays Cassandre, with Eric Ruf, Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Gouix, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Florian Lesieur and Agathe Rousselle filling out the family and the people around her.
Context & significance
Cassandre is a 2025 French production set two decades in the past, in the summer of 1998, a choice that places its coming-of-age story before phones and constant connection reshaped how families communicate. French cinema has a long tradition of small, closely observed dramas built around one household and one season, and Cassandre sits in that lineage, favoring restraint over spectacle across its 103-minute runtime. The setting stays confined to the countryside for the whole of that one summer, keeping the family's shifting dynamic, rather than any wider event, at the center of the story.
Watching Cassandre on Ktime
Cassandre streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so it can be watched dubbed or in the original French with Farsi subtitles. The film's page is free to read without logging in; watching the film itself just needs a free K-Time account, part of the platform's Farsi-first streaming experience for Persian-speaking audiences abroad.