Romance
by Catherine Breillat
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Actor: Caroline Ducey, Fran?ois Berl?and, Reza Habouhossein, Rocco Siffredi, Sagamore St?veninDirector: Catherine Breillat
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.66:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-02-05
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Romance
Movie Review: Tied to Love (ha...ha...ha)
Summary: 3 Stars
During the past year or so I have watched three films directed by Breillat, Fat Girl, A Real Young Girl, and now Romance. Fat Girl, while it leaned heavily towards the realm of exploitation films because of its sexual content, had, in my opinion, by its depiction of how the sexual awakening of a younger generation can be staunched by an older one and how sexuality is expressed through food and its consumption. A Real Young Girl, Breillat's debut film caused quite a stir in France and in Europe because of its unadulterated depictions of a young girl's sexual awakenings, but, in my opinion, this film lacks the artistic merit of the other two films. Romance, while the filming is beautiful and quite well done and the actors and actresses are quite aesthetically pleasing, it falls short in my opinion.
Romance concerns the life of Marie, a young schoolteacher who has been in a sexually intense relationship with her model boyfriend Paul for six months. Things seem to be going quite well, but one day Paul informs Marie that he is going to cease having sexual relations with her because he is used up. He loves her still, but he no longer has sexual desire for her. This disturbs the quite sexually active Marie who attempts to stimulate her boyfriend only to be rejected. While not engaging in sex with her, Paul enjoys himself by going to dance clubs, drinking, and reading Charles Bukowski at sushi restaurants. Marie almost wishes that he would sleep with someone else so she can get angry with him, but she believes that she can only be with Paul.
However, in order to fill her desire, Marie begins sleeping around. First sheep sleeps with the "gifted" Paolo, but her main attraction is with Robert, a co-worker who claims to have slept with 10,000 women and who introduces her to sado-masochism. However, she remains unfulfilled. Will Paul regain his sexual desire for her or will she keep sleeping with any man she comes in contact with?
I guess the weakest aspect of the film to me is Paul. Although handsome, he comes off as a complete jerk and makes me really wonder why Marie wants to be with him. Also, the pacing is quite slow and at points Marie wallowing in her own pity becomes a bit too much. With that, however, I would recommend this to the fans of Breillat's films, or edgy contemporary French films in particular.
Summary of Romance
Claiming he lived her but that he has lost his desire for her Matie s boyfriend Pul refuses to engage in sexual relations catapulting Matie into a desperate search for intimacy and erotic connection. Marie s escalating sexual journey tests he own physical and emotional limits and through and ironic twist-of-fate eventually leads her to fulfillmentSystem Requirements: Running Time 98 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 031398724933Art House & International DVD Video
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