Andre Téchiné extracts superb performances and finds drama in the everyday moments of human interaction.
Alice et Martin (1998)
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Average Rating:6.3/10
Synopsis: When ALICE ET MARTIN begins, Martin (Alexis Loret) is a young boy living a pleasant life with his hairdresser mother, when he learns that he is to go to live with his father, whom he hardly knows.... When ALICE ET MARTIN begins, Martin (Alexis Loret) is a young boy living a pleasant life with his hairdresser mother, when he learns that he is to go to live with his father, whom he hardly knows. Once in the care of his father--a cruel and cold man--Martin is extremely unhappy and attempts to fake illness in order to escape. When the film continues, it is ten years later and Martin is hurtling out the front door of his father's estate. Running recklessly into the French countryside, he spends the next several weeks living like an animal, feverish and hungry. Finally, he arrives at his brother Benjamin's doorstep, only to find Alice (Juliette Binoche), Benjamin's best friend and roommate practicing violin and annoyed at Martin's unannounced appearance. As Martin acclimates to Paris, he begins to fall in love with Alice, and once declared, their passion runs fast and wild, leaving Martin's brother and everyone else behind. While on a trip to Grenada, Alice reveals to Martin that she is pregnant and Martin falls sick with guilt and fear over elements of his past that he cannot reveal. As the two attempt to fight for their love, Martin faces his past and Alice realizes that her love for Martin is the most important thing in her life. [More]
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura, Marthe Villalonga, Roschdy Zem, Pierre Maguelon
Director: André Téchiné
Director: André Téchiné
Screenwriter: André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand, Olivier Assayas
Producer: Alain Sarde
Composer: Philippe Sarde
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Reviews for Alice et Martin
A richly populated, observant film that suffers, forgivably, from an excess of curiosity about the world it depicts -- a surfeit of generosity, intelligence and art.
Alice and Martin is not to be missed, particularly in this endless lull of summer.
Alice et Martin has its faults, but there's some real meat here, in the performances and direction.
With his thirteenth feature, André Téchiné conducts a masterly dissection of male hysteria.
More than a coherent or even very interesting puzzle, the film is another occasion for you to work out your own relationship to Binoche, who remains, as ever, seductively distressed and distressingly seductive.
Low key and curiously devoid of thematic density, this is confident, but rather soulless film-making.
Téchiné, typically honest and generous, always allows the churning emotional undercurrents to take over.
The actors were all sweating their lines, which makes it seem as if they had to dig deep every time they said something.
Granada's Alhambra and engages the imagination particularly in one slow-motion shot that communicates the vastness of the sea and the insignificance of the human being when placed in contrast.
I was disappointed to learn that the whole drama hinged on a single traumatic event, but in the meantime, I was happy to spend time with the people.
When it comes to movies about dysfunctional family relationships and emotionally damaged individuals, few active filmmakers do a better job than veteran French director André Techiné.
The sheer neurotic intensity of Techine's characters -- characteristically stretching both backward and forward in time, as in a Faulkner novel--holds one throughout, as does Techine's masterful direction and many of the other performances.
This staid, somber film is heartening proof that what doesn't kill us might indeed make us stronger.
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