Noce blanche (1989)

A teacher of phylosophy discovers a complicated pupil, a seventeen years old girl with a quite cynic and lucid view of the world. He gets involved in helping her to follow the routine of ... See full summary »

Director:

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Writer:

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Stars:

Vanessa Paradis, Bruno Cremer, Ludmila Mikaël

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Vanessa Paradis	...	Mathilde Tessier
Bruno Cremer	...	François Hainaut
Ludmila Mikaël	...	Catherine Hainaut
François Négret	...	Carpentier
Jean Dasté	...	Le concierge
Véronique Silver	...	La conseillère d'éducation
Philippe Tuin	...	Le surveillant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre Gabaston
Arnaud Goujon
Benoît Muracciole

Storyline

A teacher of phylosophy discovers a complicated pupil, a seventeen years old girl with a quite cynic and lucid view of the world. He gets involved in helping her to follow the routine of the study, but soon he is fascinated by her and they fall in a passionate love. When the teacher confronts their affair with reality he decides staying with her wife. But the girl will not accept it.

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Plot Keywords:

teacher | bare breasts | female rear nudity | extramarital affair | forbidden love | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

8 November 1989 (France)

Also Known As:

White Wedding

Filming Locations:

Saint-Etienne, Loire, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

La Sept Cinéma, La Sorcière Rouge, Les Films du Losange

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

beautiful...very moving...

now this was the vanessa paradis video i had been waiting weeks to see. i finally got my copy ordered off of ebay and i was so glad i did. in it, vanessa paradis plays a moody young teenager named mathilde who has no parents. she rarely shows up to class, and when she does, it appears as if she is just wasting her time. her philosophy teacher francois (played by bruno cremer), happens to stumble across her path and once he finds out more about her, is eager to help her learn more. he starts to come over to her house everyday going over her homework, and teaching her the art of the study.

now, eventually, mathilde starts placing little hints that she finds francois attractive. (if you didn't know, she is 17, he is 49) he tries to resist her, but he finds himself falling for mathilde as well. they soon blossom into a passionate love. they must keep their affair a secret from his wife and the school.

you can tell that mathilde was a person who was not used to anybody caring for her before, especially in that way, so she took the first chance she got. and fell in love with him. francois, on the other hand, really just got a little too involved trying to help her. i don't think he meant to fall in love with her, but it happened.

this movie shows the struggles between a student & teacher relationship. it deals with adolscents, anger, jealousy, love, and all these other elements. the cinematography is top notch. there are some beautiful scenes of vanessa paradis in them, especially one while she is sleeping and the light streams in on her fragile body.

most of you would probably go "okay that's just plain sick. he's so old! and she's so....young!"

and that's true.

but mathilde did say "old, sick, wrinkled, thin, fat, i don't care. i'll love you for any and everyway you are" she really did love him.

this was a beautiful and moving movie that actually made me cry at the end. it's a tragic story, dealing with a taboo love that just isn't allowed in today's world.

i would like this title to be realeased in america, so people can see this wonderful gem of a film. paradis and cremer both did superb jobs in their acting, as well as jean-claude brisseau in directing and writing the screenplay.

take a break from american blockbusters and see this tragic drama.

you may just like what you find....

final rating: A+