Replay (2001)
"La répétition" (original title)

Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend. Jealous of the male friends she has she breaks up the ... See full summary »

Director:

Catherine Corsini

Writers:

Pascale Breton, Catherine Corsini,

Stars:

Emmanuelle Béart, Pascale Bussières, Dani Levy

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Nathalie
Pascale Bussières	...	Louise
Dani Levy	...	Matthias (as Dani Lévy)
Jean-Pierre Kalfon	...	Walter Amar
Sami Bouajila	...	Nicolas
Marilu Marini	...	Mathilde
Clément Hervieu-Léger	...	Sacha
Marc Ponette	...	Alain
Raphaël Neal	...	Patrick
Sébastien Gorteau	...	Jean-Philippe
Vincent Macaigne	...	Henri
Jeanne David	...	Colette
Daniel Isoppo	...	Maurice
Marie-Charlotte Dutot	...	Louise (11 ans)
Marie Loboda	...	Nathalie 11 ans

Storyline

Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend. Jealous of the male friends she has she breaks up the friendship, followed by a suicide attempt. Later, Louise marries, but finds time to see the, by now quite accomplished actress, Nathalie. They fight through the years, La Repetition following them as their friendship comes together and breaks up frequently, while never actually reaching anything that can be called a climax.

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Plot Keywords:

suicide attempt | shower | obsessive love | male frontal nudity | title directed by female | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France Canada

Language:

French Danish English

Release Date:

22 August 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

Replay

Filming Locations:

Avignon, Vaucluse, France

Box Office

Budget:

FRF 25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$466,836 (France) (24 August 2001)

Gross:

$855,648 (France) (31 August 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Cinémaginaire Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"C'est L'amour"
Benoit Mansion / Hubert Mansion
Performed by Leopold Nord & Vous

User Reviews

The turning point...... and it leads to nowhere.

How not to think of Herbert Ross's "the turning point" where Ann Bancroft fulfilled her ambitions when her friend Shirley McLaine became a housewife?Okay,the French movie has the lesbian side but even that has become so natural now (remember Claude Chabrol's "les biches" ,1967).But whereas Herbert Ross's story was interesting and entertaining,Catherine Corsini's work is stodgy ,pretentious,cold and so intellectual it's sometimes unbearable .It makes me think of the worst hour of the nouvelle vague.Sure Emmanuelle Beart is a beautiful actress,but elsewhere .Pick up Claude Chabrol's "l'enfer" or FRançois Ozon's "8 femmes "instead.Or De Palma's "Mission :Impossible" for those whose tastes run that way.