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La Frontiere de l'Aube (Frontier of the Dawn) (2008)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 6
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Neglected by her husband and longing for companionship, lonely Hollywood actress Carole enters into a passionate affair with a photographer who has been assigned to capture her portrait. Filmmaker Philippe Garrel directs a drama starring Louis Garrel, Cl�mentine Poidatz, and Laura Smet. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Philippe Garrel

Written By: Philippe Garrel, Arlette Langmann, Marc Cholodenko

In Theaters: May 22, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Jan 26, 2010

Rectangle Productions

Love is a universe of two in Philippe Garrel's fatalistic romance Frontier of Dawn.

March 6, 2009 Comment

Manohla Dargis

New York Times

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Garrel has mastered a own very personal tone that makes even a minor work such as this feel essential and vital

May 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Chris Cabin

Filmcritic.com

Tedious fatalistic French melodrama.

May 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Has exquisite cinematography and an initially absorbing and compelling plot which, midway, loses steam and becomes pretentious and awkward while leaving you with a bad aftertaste.

March 9, 2009 Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Garrel p�re reunites with Garrel fils for this frequently tedious rumination on rabid passion that still manages to linger in the mind.

March 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out New York

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Pretty good till the supernatural part. Maybe if Carole wasn't so scaring inside (his mind?) the mirror ...What I specially like about this movie is that the story is very recent (she dies in 2007), but we feel in 70's, without any trace of modern life.Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues' words describe very well the

November 8, 2010

Rubia Carolina .

Super Reviewer

If not for the silly supernatural territory that this veers to in the 2nd half it would definitely be one of the better 2008 films I've seen. It is sort of Garrel's take on Resnais' Love Onto Death, without the ponderous and didactic dialogue of that film. Garrel and Lubchansky really make some the most gorgeous

February 10, 2009