Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Marie Mansart

Set at the turn of the century, an aspiring young French writer spends a holiday on the Welsh coast with two English sisters and promptly falls in love with both of them.

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PG, 2 hrs. 10 min.

Directed by: François Truffaut

Release Date: January 1, 2004

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  • July 2, 2008
    The director's cut is one of Truffaut's best. A masterpiece and one of my favorite films.
  • January 16, 2009
    This is Francois Truffaut doing a turn-of-the-century sexual reversal of his earlier JULES AND JIM, based upon a novel by Henri-Pierre Roche, who is doing a turn-of-the-century sexual reversal of his earlier JULES AND JIM... so it all feels a little like a retread. While the film...( read more) does have a lighter setting, and is a bit of a turn on the English romantic period drama genre, it suffers from the same problems, of starting out playful and somewhat satirical, and ending up with a romantic triangle that is, well, neverending. This isn't my type of film from the outset, so I'm already predisposed against it, but there's something very cool about the way Truffaut messes with the genre, throwing all sorts of subversive (or, often, perverse) content into the mix. Still, it really does feel like an exercise, and when it feels like a retread on top of that, you're in trouble.
  • September 1, 2008
    Cette oeuvre aurait pu être excellente si Truffaut y avait mis un peu plus de coeur. La narration en voix off, effectuée par Truffaut lui-même, gâche pratiquement le film par sa complète inutilité dans la moitié des cas. Entendons-nous, lorsque l'on voit trois personnages souper,...( read more) puis une place vide devant laquelle est posée une assiette vide, nul n'est besoin qu'un narrateur nous précise que "Muriel ne soupait pas avec eux ce soir-là." Si encore Truffaut s'efforçait de rendre ladite narration vivante... Mais il s'exécute d'un débit précipité et sans intonation. Dommage.

    Jean-Pierre Léaud, que je trouve brillant lorsque son rôle lui convient, ne fait ici qu'un travail suffisant. Le peu de passion qu'il met dans son jeu force Truffaut à utiliser la narration pour que le spectateur puisse se figurer ses émotions. Si ce type de jeu s'accorde à un personnage comme Antoine Doinel, il est un peu plus casse-cou dans le cas d'un jeune homme fougueux comme Claude. Peut-être une légère erreur de casting de la part de Truffaut.

    Malgré ses défauts, le film est fort bien photographié, le choix musical est approprié et les sublimes paysages gallois séduiront certainement le spectateur. Si la première moitié est un peu mièvre, la seconde est plus captivante et rachète presque le film. Il en va de même pour les deux charmantes actrices principales. Si ce Truffaut n'est pas une oeuvre majeure, il vaut tout de même le détour, mais surtout pour les enthousiastes.
  • April 12, 2008
    An epic movie about love.Some scenes could have been done better,but it is still one of Truffaut's most beautiful movie.The ending fits the movie very well and closes the movie in a perfect way.
  • October 22, 2007
    the film is much older and of course is mistake the 2004 ...the director died in 1984
  • September 1, 2007
    Elegant, touching, honest and as profound as some of the finest works of fiction. Truffaut explores these characters lives with wisdom, affection and bittersweet melancholy.
  • May 1, 2007
    it was one of the nice movies that you can ever watch in your life. from truffaut.the director have a lot of good movies too but the most intersting noe a bout this movie is you can not guse what is the end or at last what will happen.and also at this movie i hread about one of h...( read more)is works .it is a complete work by truffaut so it is the only important note .i suggest to to watch it you wont lose time.

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's wonderful how offhand Fran ois Truffaut's best films feel. There doesn't seem to be any great effort being made; he doesn't push for his effects, but lets them flower naturally from the simplicit... full review

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