L'eau froide (1994)

Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris, their families are ineffective and distant and they lead a purposeless life. They steal some records in a supermarket ... See full summary »

Director:

Olivier Assayas

Writer:

Olivier Assayas

Stars:

Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Christine
Cyprien Fouquet	...	Gilles
László Szabó	...	Père de Gille
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	...	Inspecteur
Dominique Faysse	...	Mère de Christine
Smaïl Mekki	...	Mourad
Jackie Berroyer	...	Père de Christine
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Professeur
Ilona Györi	...	Marie
Renée Amzallag	...	Infirmière
Jérôme Simonin	...	Vendeur de dynamite
Laetitia Lemerle	...	Corrine
Alexandra Yonnet	...	Copine blouson
Caroline Doron	...	Copine blessée
Laetitia Giraud	...	Christiane

Storyline

Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris, their families are ineffective and distant and they lead a purposeless life. They steal some records in a supermarket but she is caught and sent to a nursing home by force by her parents. She escapes and follows Gilles to a house where some other youths live. They then decide to go south: Christine has been told there is a commune there, where artists live. So they head south sleeping rough...

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Plot Keywords:

commune | bonfire | boyfriend | shattering glass | delinquent | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French Hungarian English

Release Date:

6 July 1994 (France)

Also Known As:

Cold Water

Company Credits

Production Co:

IMA Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...: La page blanche (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Up Around The Bend"
Written by John Fogerty
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival

User Reviews

Right on, this one

I really hadn't expected much of this movie when I saw it in Brooklyn last summer. But, as a coming of age story, it's one of the few ones that really hits home for me. Cold Water is just such a frustrated, restless film, neither condemning nor forgiving its self-involved children and inadequate parents. It's fair in that way, which is refreshing. I'm tired of hearing rich kids get a lot of breaks and tired of hearing the Richard Fords explain away their parenting mistakes.

Visually, it's not a terribly structured or naturalistic film, and maybe that's why it seems to be so right on. The frenetic energy and seeming meaninglessness of the individual shots really conveys the frustration that comes from having the faculties of an adult, but none of the powers. Those shots come together in these long, slow sequences . . . small town livin'. There's a seeming, but deceptive, plotlessness that drew a lot of recognition from me.

You shouldn't miss the party scene. Man, that brings back memories. Pure recklessness, and listening to CCR over and over and over.