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      Romance

      1999, Drama, 1h 26m

      35 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Romance is a slim look into a woman's sexual psyche, with sex scenes that slightly excite while exploring human emotions. Read critic reviews

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      A woman (Caroline Ducey) has several affairs, trying to spark the interest of her lover (Sagamore Stévenin), a self-absorbed, male model.

      • Rating: R

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Catherine Breillat

      • Producer: Jean-François Lepetit

      • Writer: Catherine Breillat

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M

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      • Distributor: Trimark Pictures

      • Sound Mix: Surround

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      • Aug 11, 2011
        Don't let the title fool you. If anything this is anti anything the word Romance might imply. A really clever, dark psycholgical erotic drama that is at times pretty disturbing and should appeal to fans of films like Breaking the Waves, Secretary or The Piano Teacher. Caroline Ducey was great in the leading role. Really cold, subtle and real performance for sure. The overall tone and pace of the film can be described in the same way, so might alienate some viewers, but this still has a very engaging story that kept me intrested from begining to end. Features a very realistic birth scene which is difficult to watch. Recommended.,
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      • Jan 18, 2009
        Usually I am completely taken in by films with naked women and lots of sex, but with Catherine Breillat's <i>Romance</i> - not so much. The title is completely misleading. There's actually very little romance to be found. Instead, we are witness to a woman's spiraling decline into self-degradation as she chisels away the last remnants of her self-respect through an endless parade of carnal encounters. The problem here isn't with the direction or the performances, it's the shallowness of the material. There's no balance. There's not a single likeable character in the lot. It's difficult to care about characters you don't like and this screenplay never gives us a reason to like any of them. Maybe that's exactly what Breillat wants, she wants to populate her work with distasteful beings that you can't identify with or relate to. If so then I have to believe that her target audiences are serial killers and sadomasochistic sociopaths. This film is dark, pessimistic and depressing, anything but romantic.
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      • May 10, 2008
        Now THIS is how you make an art film about sex.
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      • Nov 29, 2007
        if you wish to preserve any of those idealistic notions about womankind (about yourself, if you were woman), stay away from any picture made by catherine breillat, whose viewpoints toward woman are the most misogynistic than ever!
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