Nina is a young novice actress who has
travelled from her home in Toulouse to the French capital and has managed to secure
a small part in a play produced by a local reparatory company. After the
ordeal of flat sharing she decides to find her own apartment. During this
transitional period she meets a timid young real estate agent Paulot who
immediately fall’s in love with this free-spirited young women and persuades
her to share his flat while he is attempting to locate the right property for
her. Already sharing Paulot's living space is Quentin an aggressive,
emotionally disturbed actor who attempts to seduce Nina and encourage her to
join him in his live sex show. Into this emotionally charged triangle steps the
elderly theatrical director Scrutzier whose daughter died when she was involved
with Quentin in a suicide pact from which he survived.
The film won an Award for Best Director
at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival for Andre Techine, known by this blogger for
his 2009 movie The
Girl on a Train about an aimless girl who lies about being the victim of a
hate crime. Rendez-vous (1985) is a dark and powerful story about
relationships, love and sexual desire. It stars Juliette
Binoche in her first leading role as Nina, French TV star Wadeck Stanczak
as Paulot, Lambert Wilson, best known for Princess
of Montpensier (2010) and Of
Gods and Men (2010) is the ultra intense Quentin, with Amour
(2012) co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant as Scrutzier. Techine co wrote the
screenplay with another great French auteur Oliver
Assayas.
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| The beginning of a intense and dangerous relationships. |
An intense relationship drama between
three emotionally scarred young people involving love and sexual desire and
frustration with classic performances from all actors involved especially the
young Binoche who really stands out. A high point in Andre Techine exceptional
body of work: recommended.
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