Olivier, Olivier (1992)
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83% of critics liked it
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85% of users liked it
(450 ratings)
Olivier, the nine-year-old son of a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends his father packing from France to Africa and nearly destroys his mother, who clings to her remaining child, Nadine, and her… More Olivier, the nine-year-old son of a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends his father packing from France to Africa and nearly destroys his mother, who clings to her remaining child, Nadine, and her devoted neighbor, Marcel. Several years later, having relocated to the city, the police investigator who handled the case meets a Paris rent boy whom he believes to be the missing Olivier. Once he returns to his rural home, the teenaged Olivier tries to assuage his mother's now-entrenched grief and heal the rift between his reunited parents. Meanwhile, he must overcome his brooding, adolescent sister's jealousy and doubts about his identity and reconcile his sleazy street life with his picturesque new surroundings. Questions about the tight-lipped Olivier's true motivations continue to crop up, however, threatening to send his mother over the edge for good. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- Agnieza Holland, Agnieszka Holland
- Written By
- Agnieszka Holland
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 3, 1992 Wide
- On DVD
- Mar 30, 1994
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It rips into the nuclear family without any mercy, and in such a pitiless fashion like the way Chabrol operates.
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Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Amazing.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Based on a newspaper story about a child's disappearance, this film, just like Holland's previous triumph Europa Europa, unfolds as a compelling fable about love, family, and denial.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Explores the subterranean emotions which can keep a family together or tear them apart
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Dan Lybarger, Kansas City Star
Rarely has domestic dystunction been more intelligent and absorbing.
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Cast
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François Cluzet
as Dr. Serge Duval
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Brigitte Roüan
as Elisabeth Duval
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Jean-François Stévenin
as l'inspecteur Druot
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Gregoire Colin
as Olivier
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Marina Golovine
as Nadine
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Frédéric Quiring
as Marcel
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Faye Gatteau
as Nadine as a Child
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Emmanuel Morozof
as Olivier as a Child
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Alexis Derlon
as Micky
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Madeleine Marie
as La grand-mere
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Luc ??tienne
as Druot's Colleague
