He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (2002)
"À la folie... pas du tout" (original title)

A young woman who is in love with a married doctor becomes dangerous when her attempts to persuade him to leave his wife are unsuccessful. However, when things are seen from his point of view, the real situation becomes clear.

Director:

Laetitia Colombani

Writers:

Laetitia Colombani, Caroline Thivel

Stars:

Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Audrey Tautou	...	Angélique
Samuel Le Bihan	...	Loïc Le Garrec
Isabelle Carré	...	Rachel
Sophie Guillemin	...	Héloïse
Clément Sibony	...	David
Élodie Navarre	...	Anita
Eric Savin	...	Julien
Vania Vilers	...	Le commissaire
Michèle Garay	...	Claire Belmont
Catherine Cyler	...	Jeanne
Mathilde Blache	...	Léa
Charles Chevalier	...	Arthur
Michael Mourot	...	Jean-Louis, le kiné
Yannick Alnet	...	Jean Timbault
Nathalie Krebs	...	Sonia Jasmin

Storyline

Angelique, a young student, is in love with a married doctor. We see her attempts to make him leave his pregnant wife, but he does not appear for meetings or finally the booked journey to Florence. Then the movie is turned back to the beginning, and the view changes: We are now following the view of the doctor instead of Angeliques. And things look quite different now...

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Plot Keywords:

artist | police investigation | artist model | delusional | nonlinear timeline | 

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Taglines:

Is she crazy in love, or just crazy?

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Genres:

Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some obsessive behavior

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 March 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not

Filming Locations:

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$36,818 (Brazil) (12 September 2003)

Gross:

$70,461 (Brazil) (19 September 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Téléma, TF1 Films Production, TPS Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Two or Three Things I Know About Her... (1967)

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Soundtracks

"Tango de la pasion"
Written by Bruno Bertoli
Courtesy of k.music/Kosinus

User Reviews

fascinating, be careful reading these reviews, people give a lot away!

It's really hard to talk about this movie without giving something away. I'll give away as little as possible, but my recommendation would be, stop reading this or any other review and just watch the movie, it's very good.

Since I don't want to give anything away I can't say much about the story. It starts as a movie about a cute, sweet girl in love, and the movie's use of an actress who exudes sweetness and innocence makes what happens as the movie progresses all the more startling. The movie is devoted to its one central trick, and what's notable is not the trick - lots of movies have tricks - but how much time is spent in showing off the filmmaker's cleverness. This could have been annoying or self indulgent but I enjoyed it. Some people won't be surprised - I'm really not as good as guessing twists as a lot of people (which is why I consider the movie Matchstick Men to be so poor in spite of good reviews; that one I guessed straight through to the end early on) - but I was surprised and quite delighted.