The Witnesses
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- Synopsis
- The early days of the AIDS crisis in France provides the backdrop for this powerful, life-affirming drama from writer and director André Téchiné. It's 1984, and Mehdi (Sami Bouajila) is a police detective who, unbeknownst to his wife Sarah ......
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- Director(s)
- André Téchiné
- Distributor(s)
- Strand
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 112 min.
Critic Reviews
This is the epidemic from love's point of view, a story as much about how the disease can ravage the heart as it does the body. It is also Téchiné's best film since 1998's superb "Alice et Martin," and 1994's even better "Wild Reeds."Read the full review
What the characters in The Witnesses -- and we, the audience -- pay testimony to in André Téchiné's urgent, compassionate, and ultimately optimistic French drama are the toll the epidemic has rung, and the responsibility of the living to choose life.Read the full review
The Witnesses may frustrate those who prefer movies that tell clear-cut stories in which hard lessons are learned. But in the director’s farsighted vision of life, the ground under our feet is always shifting. As time pulls us forward, the shocks of the past are absorbed and the pain recedes. In its light-handed way, The Witnesses is profound.Read the full review
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Strand rides 'Train' pic
09/07/09 Strand Releasing has boarded Andre Techine's "The Girl on the Train," snapping up all U.S. rights to the French- language film. | Variety -
Andre Techine 4-Film Collector's Edition
07/23/08 Constantly finding new ways to organize and package the titles in their wide-ranging Studio Canal library, Lionsgate sticks its neck out with an Andre Techine collection, offering a survey of four psychological studies by the serious-minded French director. | Variety