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Plot

André Téchiné's complex and ambitious crime drama starts with a prologue in which a little boy is awakened in the middle of the night by two strangers bringing home his father's body. The story of the deceased, Ivan (Didier Bezace), and his involvement with car thieves unfolds in flashbacks as told by different people: Ivan's policeman brother Alex (Daniel Auteuil); Juliette (Laurence Côte), a young woman involved with the both brothers; and Marie (Catherine Deneuve), an unhappy philosophy professor in love with Juliette. Auteuil and Deneuve played siblings three years earlier in Téchiné's similarly rueful family drama Ma Saison Préferée.
MPAA Rating:
R for strong sexuality, some violent moments and language.
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
118min.
Director(s):
André Téchiné
Starring:
Daniel Auteuil , Catherine Deneuve , Laurence Côte , Benoît Magimel , Fabienne Babe
Themes:
Self-Destructive Romance,Dangerous Attraction,Sibling Relationships,Love Triangles
Tone:
Atmospheric,Sexy,Wintry,Melancholy,Enigmatic,Reflective
Keywords:
investigation,investigator,killing,murder,smuggling
Language:
French