Rendez-vous (1985)

Director:

André Téchiné

Writers:

Olivier Assayas (writer)
André Téchiné (writer)

Release Date:

15 May 1985 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A provocative erotic drama, stylishly rendered by Andre Techine, who won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this compelling investigation into the intersection of sexual and artistic passion.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Love | Loss | Friend | Roommate

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Lambert Wilson	...	Quentin
Juliette Binoche	...	Nina / Anne Larrieux
Wadeck Stanczak	...	Paulot
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Scrutzler
Dominique Lavanant	...	Gertrude
Anne Wiazemsky	...	L'administratrice
Jean-Louis Vitrac	...	Fred
Philippe Landoulsi	...	Le régisseur
Olimpia Carlisi	...	Olimpia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Caroline Faro	...	Juliette
Katsumi Furukata
Arlette Gordon	...	La journaliste branchée
Madeleine Marie
Serge Martina	...	L'acteur de la pièce
Michèle Moretti	...	Daisy
Annie Noël
Jacques Nolot	...	Max
Patrick Pérez
Joseph Michael Roth	...	Actor

Also Known As:

André Téchiné's Rendez-Vous (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

82 min | Argentina:87 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Films A2

Trivia:

André Téchiné cast Binoche after seeing her in _La vie de famille (1985)_ .

Quotes:

Quentin: So you're going to play Juliet! The tea-or-chocolate wench wants to be a princess. Alas, it's a story about love, an emotion you're incapable of feeling. You're too shallow to imagine it, too common to understand it.

Soundtrack:

Au clair de la lune

A beautiful, sexy art -film!

Rendez-vous is a beautiful, sexy, art-film. It won several prestigious international awards and is critically acclaimed. Juliette Binoche is completely uninhibited and gives a brave, fearless performance where she bares herself completely...both emotionally and physically.

Thus, this film is not intended for the immature. Those with childish minds who cannot handle looking at a beautiful woman's body (such as feminists or other philistines) are advised too avoid this. Another reviewer called it "pointless drivel" and complained about the "gratuitous nudity". If seeing a woman's vagina is too much for the immature mind of that viewer to handle, him and his kind should avoid high-art cinema such as this. His kind would be better served watching gay-porn garbage, loosely disguised as a "comedy", such as "Bruno". That type of film is more suited for those misandric simpletons who prefer looking at male genitalia. Those who appreciate complex, beautiful art and appreciate the female form will enjoy this.

Nina (Juliette Binoche) moves to Paris and she becomes the love interest of three very different men and has tumultuous concurrent relationships with each. Multiple plot and character lines develop from this. This movie will challenge you and you'll find yourself pondering some of the scenes days later. Highly recommended.