Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte
In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan's body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Through flashbacks, the film discloses the relationships among Ivan and his brother Alex, a co...( read more
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Sans toutefois être aussi efficace que dans d'autres de ses oeuvres, Téchiné offre un drame habile qui repose sur ses fortes performances et son intéressantes structures narratives qui a de quoi captiver son auditoire. De plus, les narrations en voix-off et le changement de prota...( read more)
Stars two of my favorite actors--Daniel Auteuil and Catherine Deneuve. The backward storyline is handled expertly to provide insight into the characters and their complex relationships as well as build to the tension of the central heist and its aftermath. The word "build" come...( read more)
It was definitely a unique story... Partly about a heist, but the unique part about the movie was that it really delved into the psyche of each of the characters involved and the relationships with the other characters. Definitely a different type of heist movie than the ones whi...( read more)
So good. Yes, yes KDeneuve is the lesbian professor that falls in love with a younger thief, yet all of the stories revolve around DAuteuil. Reminds me so much of a Haneke-directed flick, but I guess Techine came 1st lol.
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