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12 May 1999 (Belgium) morePlot:
A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister and he begin an unusual relationship with her prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancée full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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2 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(12 articles)
Decade in Review: 2000 Top Ten (From FilmExperience. 5 November 2009, 1:07 PM, PST)
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Carax couldn't tell us his story, but wasn't it on purpose? more (39 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Guillaume Depardieu | ... | Pierre | |
| Yekaterina Golubeva | ... | Isabelle | |
| Catherine Deneuve | ... | Marie | |
| Delphine Chuillot | ... | Lucie | |
| Laurent Lucas | ... | Thibault | |
| Patachou | ... | Margherite | |
| Petruta Catana | ... | Razerka | |
| Mihaella Silaghi | ... | The Child | |
| Sharunas Bartas | ... | The Chief | |
| Samuel Dupuy | ... | Fred | |
| Mathias Mlekuz | ... | TV presenter | |
| Dine Souli | ... | Taxi driver | |
| Miguel Yeco | ... | Augusto | |
| Khireddine Medjoubi | ... | Cafe owner's son | |
| Mark Zak | ... | Romanian friend |
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Pierre oder Der Kampf mit der Sphinx (Germany) (TV title)Pierre ou les ambiguïtés (France) (TV title (longer version))
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
134 minLanguage:
FrenchColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:Not Rated | Iceland:16 | France:U | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | South Korea:18 (edited version) | Germany:18Fun Stuff
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Pola is an acronym for "Pierre ou les ambiguites," the French translation of the title of the Herman Melville novel on which the film is based. moreQuotes:
Margherite: Be careful! You dream of writing a mature work, but your charm lies in your thorough immaturity. You dream of setting fire to God knows what, of rising above your times like a dazzling cloud, leaving everyone terrified and admiring. But you weren't born for that, Pierre! You don't even believe it yourself. moreSoundtrack:
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"pola x" is based on the novel "pierre ou les ambiguités" by Melville which is about a writer who can't manage to write his second movie. There's everything in this film: a good story, interesting characters whose feelings evolved along the film. But Carax messed it up: actors aren't well directed, the story is very badly told. The only good point is that there sometimes are very nice and emotive pictures. But the very fact that the movie is a failure may be the main point of it: the incapacity to write was the topic of Melville's book, the incapacity to direct may be the topic that Carax wanted to explore.