This film is ice cold and Caroline Ducey is magnificent in the lead. One of the most intellectually erotic films Catherine Breillat has manufactired. This is her masterpiece. Sexy, sad, creepy, and real co-exist all at once.
Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand
Although deeply in love with her boyfriend - and indeed sleeping in the same bed with him - a schoolteacher cannot handle the almost complete lack of intimacy he will allow. Increasingly frustrated, s...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000
Stats: 299 reviews
Flixster Reviews (299)
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March 14, 2009
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March 3, 2009
Usually I am completely taken in by films with naked women and lots of sex, but with Catherine Breillat's Romance - not so much. The title is completely misleading. There's actually very little romance to be found. Instead, we are witness to a woman's spiraling decline ...( read more)
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March 9, 2009
This movie is an indepent film (European) about some psycho chick who sleeps with everybody. Chick jumps on every jock that walks by but REALLY loves her boyfriend. You may ask why I bothered to watch this at all - well as it is European there are some sex scenes in there. If ...( read more)
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November 21, 2009
Another sexually charged Catherine Breillat film. Rather pointless, and a bit depressing.
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August 4, 2009
I'm going to see Catherine Breillat's Fat girl this Saturday and I found out this movie was directed by her, it looks pretty awesome.
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February 12, 2009
C'est la première fois qu'un film de Catherine Breillat me chavire autant. J'ai été prise d'un malaise en regardant le film, et à la fin, je me suis sentie très déprimée. Je ne sais pas encore si j'ai aimé ou détesté, je crois qu'une écoute me sera encore nécessaire avant de bien...( read more)
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February 3, 2009
Watch it if you have no sex life and need some voyeur time. Dull and limited in imagination.
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