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Director:
Olivier Assayas
Writer:
Olivier Assayas
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Release Date:
6 July 1994 (France) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
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... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
2 nominations See more »
User Reviews:
Right on, this one See more (4 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

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
Marguerite Vial ... Fumeuse
Julien Legros ... Danseur
Mathieu Mardoukhaev ... Frère de Gilles
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louis Barnier
Djamel Bensalah

Ludovic Berthillot
Vladimir Cagnolari
Anne-Lise Calvez
Lorànt Deutsch ... Etudiant à la fête
Mathias Grandidier
Leila Guérémy
Laurent Jacquet
Christophe Loir
Yann Richard
Romuald Rodriguez-Lopez
Aurélie Sabatier
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Directed by
Olivier Assayas 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Olivier Assayas 

Produced by
Georges Benayoun .... producer
Yannick Casanova .... executive producer
Elisabeth Deviosse .... executive producer
Françoise Guglielmi .... executive producer
Chantal Poupaud .... associate producer
Paul Rosenberg .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Denis Lenoir 
 
Film Editing by
Luc Barnier 
 
Production Design by
Gilbert Gagneux 
 
Costume Design by
Françoise Clavel 
 
Production Management
Sylvie Barthet .... production manager
 
Art Department
Thierry Doerflinger .... plasterer
 
Sound Department
Hervé Chauvel .... sound
Mathilde Cousin .... assistant sound editor
William Flageollet .... sound mixer
Michel Klochendler .... sound editor
 
Editorial Department
Colette Constantini .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Dina Arbib .... assistant director
Marie Vermillard .... script supervisor
 

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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | Hungarian | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Finland:K-3 (1996)
Company:
IMA ProductionsSee more »

Did You Know?

Movie Connections:
Version of "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...: La page blanche (#1.4)" (1994)See more »
Soundtrack:
School's OutSee more »

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11 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
Right on, this one, 1 December 2000
Author: J. Harlan

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.

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