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The Dreamers
2003 115 min France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America NC-17 18+
★6.9
Drama, Romance
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
🎭 Based on
«The Holy Innocents»
byGilbert Adair
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Description
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
Budget:
$15M
US Gross:
$2.53M
Worldwide:
$15.1M
Starring
Michael Pitt
Actor
Louis Garrel
Actor
Eva Green
Actor
Awards
European Film Awards 2004
— Audience Award – Best Director
Goya Awards 2004
— Best European Film
European Film Awards 2004
— Audience Award – Best Actress
Key opinion
Bernardo Bertolucci’s 'The Dreamers' is a polarizing exploration of youth, obsession, and cinema set against the backdrop of 1968 Paris. While many admire its visual beauty and the breakout performance of Eva Green, others criticize the film for being intellectually hollow, emotionally detached, or pretentiously fixated on sexual provocation.
| Acting | Eva Green delivers a captivating and talented debut performance that grounds the film’s atmosphere. | |
| Cinematography | The film’s cinematography successfully captures a seductive, dreamlike 1960s aesthetic through the integration of classic film clips. | |
| Theme | The film functions as a heartfelt, cinephilic tribute that effectively evokes the spirit of the late 1960s. | |
| Originality | The narrative's focus on incest and sexual experimentation is seen by some as a bold exploration of character intimacy and by others as an unconvincing, pretentious gimmick. | |
| Culture | The political backdrop of the 1968 student revolts is criticized as being a contrived, superficial framing for the characters' personal dramas. | |
| Screenplay | The character development is viewed by some as shallow, leaving the protagonists feeling like underdeveloped archetypes rather than fully realized people. |