Les amants réguliers (2005)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Philippe Garrel

Writers:

Philippe Garrel (scenario and dialogue)
Arlette Langmann (scenario collaborator) ...

Release Date:

26 October 2005 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet...

Plot Keywords:

Revolution | 1968 | Sculptor | Poet | Molotov Cocktail

Awards:

7 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Louis Garrel	...	François Dervieux
Clotilde Hesme	...	Lilie
Julien Lucas	...	Antoine
Eric Rulliat	...	Jean-Christophe
Nicolas Bridet	...	Luc - le cousin d'Antoine
Mathieu Genet	...	Nicolas
Raïssa Mariotti
Caroline Deruas-Garrel
Rebecca Convenant	...	Charlène
Marie Girardin
Maurice Garrel	...	le grand père de François
Cécile Garcia-Fogel		(as Cécile Garcia-Fogiel)
Marc Barbé	...	Jean
Nicolas Maury	...	Gauthier
Brigitte Sy	...	la mère de François

Also Known As:

Regular Lovers (International: English title)

Runtime:

183 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:18 | Brazil:14 | Portugal:M/16

Company:

Maïa Films

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Several friends are seen dancing to the song "This Time Tomorrow" by The Kinks. The song was not released until 1970, two years after the movie takes place.

Soundtrack:

Petite agonie de l'enfant assassin

Boring. Boring.

This is clearly a French film. It is about young group of idealist/revolutionary/anarchistic people. It moves very slowly. Long takes. LOng closeups. A minute or more devoted to an attempt to light a pipe full of hash/opium. A long take on how a group overturns a car and burns it. It is a black and white film. The subtitles were white, so about a third of the time they were unreadable. (Why do they do this?) I walked out after about an hour and three quarters when it became clear that this picture was going nowhere, slow. I was not the first to walk out. It was the first time I walked out of a picture in my long lifetime. (Well, maybe the second.)