Thomas est amoureux (2000)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Pierre-Paul Renders

Writer:

Philippe Blasband (writer)

Release Date:

31 January 2001 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Thomas is a young agoraphobic man; he's afraid of coming to any kind of contact with other people, so he lives totaly isolated in his appartment...

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Agoraphobia | Internet | Phone Sex

Awards:

11 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Benoît Verhaert	...	Thomas Thomas
Aylin Yay	...	Eva
Magali Pinglaut	...	Melodie
Micheline Hardy	...	Nathalie (the Mother)
Frédéric Topart	...	Psychologist
Alexandre von Sivers	...	Insurance Agent
Serge Larivière	...	Receptionist
Jacqueline Bollen	...	Madame Zoe
Dominique Baeyens	...	Vanessa
Imbal Yalon	...	Eléonore
Véronique Dumont	...	Louise
Yse Gerbaux	...	La fille de Louise
Abdelmalek Kadi	...	Docteur Sorensen
Colette Sodoyez	...	Miss Accroche-Coeur
Valérie Lemaître	...	La secrétaire du psy

Also Known As:

Thomas in Love (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Belgium | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA (cable rating) | Brazil:12 | Canada:18A | France:U | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:NC-17 (original rating: 2001) | USA:Open (rating surrendered: 2001) | USA:R (cut video version: 2002)

Company:

Entre Chien et Loup

Quotes:

Melodie: Thomas, I want you to go outside.
Thomas Thomas: I can't.
Melodie: I want to see you here, with me.
Thomas Thomas: I can't.
Melodie: I want to touch you.
Thomas Thomas: No.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "ER: Carter est Amoureux (#11.21)" (2005)

Not Even a Hang Over could stop me from seeing this Film...

I got up early on Sunday to catch a matinee of Thomas in Love. I had a horrible headache (from all the drinking I did the night before) and i almost thought twice about going to see this french Sci-Fi story about an agoraphobic. But i got up, put on my clothes and head over to the Nuart, my second favorite place in L.A. The movie was astounding, told completely thought the computer and video/phone system that Thomas uses to keep in touch with the world. The movie has a very hopeful and frightening feeling to it, simultaneously, a walking contradiction, like Thomas himself. The film has a very sterile and detached details to it, which is the reason for my fear. Internet will only separate us more, one does not need to live the house, or socialize. With great special efx (that add to the story, not take over), and a simple, almost under written characters, the director manages to pull two love stories in two hours both of them different and haunting, like love itself. The acting was difficult just because is all talking heads, but still is fascinating.