Clément (2001)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Emmanuelle Bercot

Writer:

Emmanuelle Bercot (writer)

Release Date:

4 June 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Kiss | May December Romance | Sexual | Sex | First Time Sex

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Olivier Guéritée	...	Clément
Emmanuelle Bercot	...	Marion
Kevin Goffette	...	Benoît
Rémi Martin	...	Franck
Lou Castel	...	François
Catherine Vinatier	...	Aurore
Jocelyn Quivrin	...	Mathieu
David Saada	...	Maurice
Eric Chadi	...	Julien
Yves Verhoeven	...	Patrick
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicolas Buchoux	...	Barman discothèque
Fiona Casalta	...	Mathilde
Joël Curtz	...	Copain Clément
Cyril Descours	...	Copain Clément
Catherine Guillot	...	Mère Clément
Aurélie Lepley	...	Copain Clément
Damien Moratti	...	Copain Clément
Eddy Okba	...	Copain Clément
José Mambolongo Togbe	...	Videur discothèque
Adrian Touati	...	Copain Clément

Runtime:

139 min | France:125 min (2003 cut version)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:-12

Company:

Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

A borderline case of moral

Clement is one of these movies you have to think for hours or days after you've watched it. It's the story of the impossible relationship between an thirteenyears old boy, Clement, and the thirtyyears old Marion. They meet first time on a birthdayparty of one of Clements friends, Marions godchild. Marion feel flattered about Clements first overturnes. At first she think it's fun and only a game. But for every step she take to make this relationship more serious, to be closer to Clement, she gets more addicted by these boy. She spend days with him, go in holydays with him (alone), and finally have sex with these boy. You believe Marion that she she really is in love with these boy, but you don't know if Clement too. And at the end of these film you know that for him it was only a game (not neccessary to notice; he is 13!) This is no paedophilmovie, but it touchs everyones understanding of moral. The way the story is compose (You really think this could happen in this way, and maybe you can understand both), the work with the camera( this restles home-movie-style-camera)and especially the work of Bercot and Gueritée (You can believe every step the take) supports the reality in this movie. Sometimes you can't believe it that some scenes are alloud to show this in TV. Nevertheless or because of this, it's a good movie. And it's important that the questions of moral are asked: "What you want to do with this boy?" She don't know the answer. And that's the cause why this relationship brooks; because such relationship have to brooke in the real life and these relationship have to brooke to make this movie serious. For such a relationship is no real basis and no tolerance. This disturbing but good movie not damn this love totally but it shows that it wouldn't work.