Synopsis
With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching À nos amours is one of his greatest achievements. In a revelatory film debut, the dynamic, fresh-faced Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a fifteen-year-old Parisian who embarks on a sexual rampage in an effort to separate herself from her overbearing, beloved father (played with astonishing magnetism by Pialat himself), ineffectual mother, and brutish brother. A tender character study that can erupt in startling violence, À nos amours is one of the high-water marks of eighties French cinema.
Cast
| Suzanne | Sandrine Bonnaire |
| The mother | Evelyne Ker |
| The father | Maurice Pialat |
| Robert | Dominique Besnehard |
| Luc | Cyr Boitard |
| Jean-Pierre | Cyril Collard |
| Martine | Maïté Maillé |
Credits
| Director | Maurice Pialat |
| Screenplay | Arlette Langmann and Maurice Pialat |
| Associate producer | Emmanuel Schlumberger |
| Executive producer | Micheline Pialat |
| Editing | Yann Dedet |
| Sound | Jean Umansky |
| Music | Klaus Nomi |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- New interviews with Catherine Breillat and Jean-Pierre Gorin
- A 2003 interview with actor Sandrine Bonnaire
- The Human Eye, a 1999 documentary on the film
- Archival interview with Maurice Pialat on the set
- Actor auditions
- A booklet featuring essays by critics Molly Haskell and Kent Jones and interviews with Pialat and cinematographer Jacques Loiseleux
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