SummaryA provocative portrait of a young French woman, Marie (Trousselard), and her journey to gain control of her life. Marie embarks on an escalating sexual journey that tests her own physical and emotional limits, and which, through an ironic twist-of-fate, eventually leads to her fulfillment. (Trimark Pictures)
Directed By:Catherine Breillat
Written By:Catherine Breillat
Romance
Metascore
Mixed or Average
49
User score
Mixed or Average
5.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
35% Positive
9 Reviews
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38% Mixed
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27% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
90
One of the best films of this year...unlike anything you've seen on the big screen.
75
I did not really enjoy this movie, and yet I recommend it. Why? Because I think it's on to something interesting. Here is a movie about a woman who never stops thinking. That may not be as good for you as it is for her.
63
A singularly cheerless trip, explicit but sterile, racy but dull.
50
Hovers between passion and philosophical argument without fully achieving its ambition to fuse the two.
50
Lots of sex, but little joy.
25
Catherine Breillat's pretentious, meandering, self-indulgent portrait of a libidinously deprived young woman is nothing more than pornography tricked out as feminist parable.
0
The film so strongly fixates on strange, explicit sexual acts that it forgoes any emotional (i.e. romantic) aspects of sex.
User score
Mixed or Average
33% Positive
5 Ratings
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5 Ratings
5 Ratings
May 13, 2018
6
Romance... is it really any romance in this?
First of all is an French art house film that contains explicit sex scenes, but of course, one of the actors is an porn actor!!! what can you expect?
The story... where to begin besides that is really slow to the point that get boring after a while. The story consist **** named Marie played by Caroline Ducey who's boyfriend refuses to have sex with her, so, she goes looking for a series of sexual encounters until she engaged into sadomasochism... wait... is this Fifty shades of Grey? well... no... but that part of the movie reminds me to it.
The acting... well... it's boring, actors look and sound like if they didn't want to be there, so, that's a bad sign, right?
It's not exactly a bad film, it has it's moments but the slow pacing and boring acting make it plain tedious, aparently the only parts of the film that look a bit more interesting are the sex scenes even if they are explicit and make you feel uncomfortable.
Production Company:
- Flach Film
- CB Films
- Arte France Cinéma
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
- Canal+
Release Date:Sep 17, 1999
Duration:1 h 24 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Love is desolate. Romance is temporary. Sex is forever.
Awards
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
