A Nos Amours [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

A Nos Amours [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

Director: Maurice Pialat Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire
, Maurice Pialat
Maurice Pialat
, Dominique Besnehard
Dominique Besnehard
, Evelyne Ker
Evelyne Ker
Maurice Pialat
A Nos Amours [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

A Nos Amours [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

Director: Maurice Pialat Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire
, Maurice Pialat
Maurice Pialat
, Dominique Besnehard
Dominique Besnehard
, Evelyne Ker
Evelyne Ker
Maurice Pialat

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Overview

Director, co-writer, and star Maurice Pialat brought his typically unblinking New Wave style and interest in socially aberrant behavior to this psychological drama, winner of two Cesars (the French equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Film and Most Promising Young Actress (Sondrine Bonnaire). Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a 15-year-old girl who has become sexually promiscuous with anyone who will have her, despite her lack of affection for any of her lovers. The only boy she refuses is Luc (Cyr Boitard), whose feelings for Suzanne are sincere. When Suzanne's beloved father (Pialat) abandons his increasingly neurotic wife (Evelyne Ker), Suzanne's depression and lack of direction deepen. While her mother becomes a screeching mental case, her brother Robert (Dominique Besnehard) begins beating her, although he also harbors a disturbing attraction to Suzanne. In the denouement, Pialat depicts the devastating long-term results of Suzanne's abusive upbringing. Pialat draws powerful performances from his cast, with no finer example than the riveting acting Bonnaire -- in only her second film.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/06/2006
UPC: 0715515018524
Original Release: 1983
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:39:00
Sales rank: 21,543

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Original theatrical trailer; New and improved English subtitle translation; The Human Eye, a 1999 documentary on the film; Archival interview with Maurice Pialat on the set; A 2003 interview with Maurice Pialat on the set; A 2003 interview with Sandrine Bonnaire; New interviews with filmmakers Catherine Breillat and Jean-Pierre Gorin; Actor auditions; Plus: a booklet featuring essays by critics Molly Haskell and Kent Jones and interviews with Pialat and cinematographer Jacques Loiseleux

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Sandrine Bonnaire Suzanne
Maurice Pialat Father
Dominique Besnehard Robert
Evelyne Ker The Mother
Anne-Sophie Maille Anne,Martine
Christophe Odent Michel
Cyr Boitard Luc
Pierre-Loup Rajot Bernard
Cyril Collard Jean-Pierre
Nathalie Gureghian Nathalie
Guenole Pascal Instructor
Caroline Cibot Charline
Jacques Fieschi Jacques
Valerie Schlumberger Marie-France
Tom Stevens American
Pierre Payne Adrien
Isabelle Prades Solange
Alexandre De Dardel Alex
Alexis Quentin Richard
Maïté Maillé Actor,Actor
Pierre Novion Adrien
Vangel Theodorou Claude

Technical Credits
Maurice Pialat Director,Screenwriter
Arlette Langmann Screenwriter
Micheline Pialat Executive Producer
Daniel DuPlantier Producer
Julien Cloquet Sound/Sound Designer
Thierry Jeandroz Sound/Sound Designer
Jean Umansky Sound/Sound Designer
Francois de Morant Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- À Nos Amours - The Film
1. Rehearsal [7:35]
2. Visiting Luc [3:59]
3. American Lover [4:50]
4. "Thanks a Lot" [4:21]
5. A New Boyfriend [4:16]
6. The Workshop [3:35]
7. Family Dinner [6:17]
8. Tête-à-Tête [6:49]
9. "Dad's Left Us" [5:04]
10. In Bed With Bernard [3:04]
11. Family Quarrel [4:30]
12. Spaghetti Party [4:24]
13. "She's Trying to Kill Me!" [5:56]
14. The Shopping Mall [5:12]
15. Jean-Pierre [3:57]
16. The Phone Call [5:02]
17. Cocktail Hour [6:21]
18. Surprise! [6:20]
19. Wrestling Match [2:16]
20. Good-bye [4:04]
21. End Credits [1:20]
Disc #2 -- À Nos Amours - The Supplements
1. A Sunny Patchwork [5:25]
2. Giving Life to the Script [5:33]
3. Filming the Moment [7:14]
4. The Beauty of Real Life [6:16]
5. A Cinema of Mystery [5:39]
6. Mind and Body [8:08]
7. Space and Body [5:24]
8. The Unanswerable Truth [6:34]
9. An Era of Cynicism [4:51]
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