L' Ennui

L' Ennui (1998)

  • 54% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (811 ratings)

Cedric Kahn directed this erotic French drama about sexual obsession. Separated from his wife, Martin (Charles Berling) is intrigued when he sees an elderly painter with plump teen Cecilia (Sophie Guillemin). When he later learns that the man has died, Martin meets Cecilia, and asks her intimate… More

Unrated, 2 hr.
Directed By
Cédric Kahn
Written By
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Cédric Kahn
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 8, 1999 Limited
On DVD
Dec 19, 2000
Phaedra Cinema

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    A solid achievement.

  • Arthur Lazere, culturevulture.net

    While emotion runs high, the movie runs out of dramatic steam too quickly.

  • Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal International

    Never gets more than skin-deep into its characters.

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  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "L'Ennui," Martin(Charles Berling), a philosophy professor, has not had sex in the six months since he got divorced from his wife Sophie(Arielle Dombasle) in the hopes that he can now focus on writing a book. It's not working. What he does… More

  • Daisy M


    L'Ennui was a frustrating movie. The lead character was so unsympathetic, which can be fine in a film, but he was too obsessed with this girl, getting to a sick degree. His violence, including raping her at one point, are the worst. Most disturbingly, Cecelia appears to enjoy the… More