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| Michael Pitt | ... | Matthew | |
| Eva Green | ... | Isabelle | |
| Louis Garrel | ... | Theo | |
| Anna Chancellor | ... | Mother | |
| Robin Renucci | ... | Father | |
| Jean-Pierre Kalfon | ... | Himself | |
| Jean-Pierre Léaud | ... | Himself (as Jean-Paul Leaud) | |
| Florian Cadiou | ... | Patrick | |
| Pierre Hancisse | ... | First Buff | |
| Valentin Merlet | ... | Second Buff | |
| Lola Peploe | ... | The Usherette | |
| Ingy Fillion | ... | Theo's Girlfriend | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gilbert Adair | ... | Man in the Louvre (uncredited) | |
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Henri Langlois | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| François Truffaut | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Aleksandra Yermak | ... | Student May 68 (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Bernardo Bertolucci | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Gilbert Adair | (screenplay) | |
| Gilbert Adair | (based on his novel) | |
Produced by | |||
| Hercules Bellville | .... | associate producer | |
| John Bernard | .... | co-producer | |
| Jeremy Thomas | .... | producer | |
| Peter Watson | .... | associate producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Fabio Cianchetti | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jacopo Quadri | |||
Casting by | |||
| Lucy Boulting | |||
| Howard Feuer | |||
| Juliette Ménager | (as Juliette Menager) | ||
Production Design by | |||
| Jean Rabasse | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Pierre Duboisberranger | (as Du Boisberranger) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Louise Stjernsward | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Antoine Amador | .... | additional hairdresser | |
| Maria Dolores Avellanas | .... | additional hairdresser (as Dolores Avellanas) | |
| Gérard Carrissimoux | .... | additional hairdresser (as Gerard Carrissimoux) | |
| Michèle Decanini | .... | additional hairdresser (as Michel Decanini) | |
| Xavier-Daniel Fagnière | .... | additional hairdresser (as Xavier-Daniel Fagniere) | |
| Christophe Giraud | .... | additional make-up | |
| Giorgio Gregorini | .... | hairdresser | |
| Evelyne Larmaillard | .... | additional make-up | |
| Christian Morales | .... | additional hairdresser | |
| Régine Navaro | .... | additional make-up (as Regine Navaro) | |
| Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen | .... | make-up | |
| Thi-Loan Nguyen | .... | make-up supervisor (as Thi Loan Nguyen) | |
| Anouk Oechslin | .... | additional make-up | |
| Magali Ohlmann | .... | additional make-up | |
| Danielle Palmier | .... | additional make-up | |
| Rosa Perez | .... | additional hairdresser | |
| Patricia Planche | .... | additional make-up | |
| Aldo Signoretti | .... | hair supervisor | |
| Jérôme Ventura | .... | additional hairdresser (as Jerome Ventura) | |
Production Management | |||
| Frédéric Bovis | .... | production manager (as Frederick Bovis) | |
| Michael Saxton | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Eric Bartonio | .... | co-first assistant director | |
| Serena Canevari | .... | first assistant director (as Serena Canevari Merlini) | |
| Henrique Laplaine | .... | second assistant director | |
| Lola Peploe | .... | third assistant director | |
| Alexandre Schmitt | .... | co-second assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Timotey Alazraki | .... | cableman (as Timothee Alazraki) | |
| Mark Auguste | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Sam Auguste | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Peter Burgis | .... | foley artist | |
| Ed Colyer | .... | foley recordist (as Edward Colyer) | |
| Andie Derrick | .... | foley artist (as Andi Derrick) | |
| Matthew Gough | .... | re-recording mixer | |
| Daniel Laurie | .... | adr editor | |
| Daniel Laurie | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Stephane Lioret | .... | boom operator | |
| Mike Prestwood Smith | .... | re-recording mixer | |
| Ted Swanscott | .... | adr recordist | |
| Derek Trigg | .... | foley editor | |
| Stuart Wilson | .... | sound mixer | |
| Colin Cooper | .... | adr recordist (uncredited) | |
| Peter Gleaves | .... | adr mixer (uncredited) | |
| James Seddon | .... | dolby consultant (uncredited) | |
| John Soukup | .... | sound transfer (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Anne Bergamaschi | .... | special effects technician | |
| Francois Bernard | .... | special effects technician | |
| Pascal Declercq | .... | special effects technician | |
| Grégoire Delage | .... | special effects coordinator (as Gregoire Delage) | |
| Franck Delamotte | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jacky Dufour | .... | special effects technician | |
| Denis Duplex | .... | special effects technician | |
| Pascal Fauvelle | .... | special effects technician | |
| Michel Gery | .... | special effects technician | |
| Daniel Lenoir | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jean Miel | .... | special effects technician | |
| Serge Perillat | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jean-Jacques Vassal | .... | special effects technician | |
| Olivier Zenenski | .... | special effects technician | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Virginie Allal | .... | visual effects production assistant | |
| Stephanie Boutinaud | .... | visual effects digital artist | |
| Fabien Coupez | .... | visual effects digital artist | |
| Olivier Debert | .... | visual effects digital artist | |
| Joyce Menger | .... | visual effects production | |
| Morgan Varona | .... | visual effects digital artist | |
| Valerio Bonelli | .... | visual effects editor (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Michel Anderson | .... | stuntman | |
| Rémi Canaple | .... | stuntman (as Remi Canaple) | |
| Alexandre Cauderlier | .... | stuntman | |
| Patrick Cauderlier | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Laurent Coin | .... | stuntman | |
| Jacques Cosma | .... | stuntman | |
| Yan Dron | .... | stuntman (as Yaw Drow) | |
| Alexandrine Felquin | .... | stuntwoman (as Alexandrine Felkin) | |
| Pascaline Girardot | .... | stuntwoman | |
| David Grolleau | .... | stuntman | |
| Vincent Haquin | .... | stuntman | |
| Cyrille Hertel | .... | stuntman | |
| David Julienne | .... | stuntman | |
| Michel Julienne | .... | stunt car coordinator | |
| Mael Lamberton | .... | stuntman | |
| Emilie Lelouch | .... | stuntwoman | |
| Gregory Loffredo | .... | stuntman | |
| John Medalin | .... | stuntman | |
| Pierre Medalin | .... | stuntman | |
| Jean-Loup Michou | .... | stuntman | |
| Florent Mismetti | .... | stuntman | |
| Alain Pedouan | .... | stuntman | |
| Teddy Pividal | .... | stuntman | |
| Pierre Raveneau | .... | stuntman | |
| Catherine Robert | .... | stuntwoman | |
| Sebastien Soudais | .... | stuntman | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Luigi Andrei | .... | camera operator | |
| Luigi Andrei | .... | steadicam operator | |
| Cecile Angelin | .... | additional electrician | |
| Laurent Audoire | .... | technician: Hot Head | |
| Lubomir Bakchev | .... | additional electrician | |
| Alessio Bastianelli | .... | focus puller | |
| Hamia Benyekkou | .... | additional electrician (as Hamid Benyekkou) | |
| Patrice Birzin | .... | genny operator | |
| Franck Boussenec | .... | grip | |
| Séverine Brigeot | .... | stills photographer (as Severine Brigeot) | |
| Guillaume Brule | .... | electrician | |
| Raphaël Cauhepo-François | .... | focus puller: second camera (as Raphael Cauhepo-Francois) | |
| Roberto De Paolis | .... | stills photographer trainee (as Roberto Di Paolis) | |
| Thibault de Saint André | .... | additional electrician (as Thibault De Saint Andre) | |
| Pierre Yves Dougnac | .... | additional electrician | |
| Eugène Fabcic | .... | additional genny operator (as Eugene Fabcic) | |
| Claudio Frollano | .... | gaffer | |
| Eugenio Galli | .... | second camera operator | |
| Simon Garnier | .... | video operator | |
| Christian Inizan | .... | additional electrician | |
| Pascal Jobert | .... | additional grip (as Jean-Pascal Jobert) | |
| Bruno Keller | .... | electrician | |
| Patrick Lemaire | .... | additional genny operator | |
| Antoine Lepoutre | .... | additional electrician | |
| Philippe Malleck | .... | gaffer | |
| Franck Maumis | .... | additional electrician | |
| Pierre Morel | .... | camera operator: Super 16 | |
| Frédéric Mougin | .... | technician: Hot Head (as Frederic Mougin) | |
| Mathieu Petit | .... | focus puller: Super 16 | |
| Jocelyn Poulin | .... | additional electrician | |
| Nicholas Quinn | .... | camera operator: DVDCAM camera | |
| Marco Revello | .... | key grip (as Marc Revello) | |
| Marco Santarelli | .... | key grip | |
| Lilia Sellami | .... | clapper loader | |
| Sergio Simoes | .... | grip | |
| Bruce Hazen | .... | best boy rigging electric (uncredited) | |
| Nick Quinn | .... | additional photographer (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Bertrand Amiel | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| David Artur | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Vanessa Baker | .... | voice casting | |
| Marie-Sylvie Caillierez | .... | extras casting director | |
| Samuel Delfiner | .... | casting assistant | |
| Brendan Donnison | .... | voice casting | |
| Benjamin Dumas | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Hervé Gamondes | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Sandrine Guilleux | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Erik Jourdil | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Antoine Laurent | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Stephane Mathieu | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Lofti Mokdad | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Patrick Rufo | .... | assistant to extras casting director | |
| Sonia Trabelsi | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Eleftherios Zacharopoulos | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Yann Le Boucher | .... | extras casting assistant (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Sandrine Alabre | .... | additional dresser | |
| Chloe Bartonio | .... | dresser (as Chloe Chambarret-Bartonio) | |
| Nathalie Cercuel | .... | wardrobe supervisor: exteriors | |
| Florence Clamond | .... | extras dresser (as Florence Clamond-Vidal) | |
| Chloé Degorce Dumas | .... | additional dresser (as Chloe Degorce Dumas) | |
| Natacha Diehl | .... | additional dresser | |
| Julie Greux | .... | additional dresser | |
| Simone Hoffmann | .... | additional dresser | |
| Sandrine Kerner | .... | additional dresser | |
| Marielle Robaut | .... | wardrobe supervisor (as Marielle-Therese Robaut) | |
| Karine Rouchy | .... | additional dresser | |
| Priscillia Van Sprengel | .... | additional dresser | |
| Sandrine Bernard | .... | wardrobe (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Lucinda S. Agar | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Valerio Bonelli | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Aline Hervé | .... | co-first assistant editor (as Aline Herve) | |
| Yvan Lucas | .... | color grader | |
| Fabien Pascal | .... | color grader | |
Music Department | |||
| Julien Civange | .... | music advisor | |
| Janice Ginsberg | .... | music supervisor | |
| Nick Laird-Clowes | .... | music consultant | |
| Charles Henri de Pierrefeu | .... | music advisor (as Charles Henri De Pierrefeu) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Stéphane Floc'h | .... | transport captain (as Stephane Floc'h) | |
| Mathieu Guez | .... | driver: Michael Pitt | |
| Christophe Paris | .... | driver: director | |
| Jalal Aqdim | .... | assistant action vehicle coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Charles Heidet | .... | action vehicle coordinator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Lucinda S. Agar | .... | assistant to the director | |
| Matthew Baker | .... | business affairs: Recorded Picture Company | |
| Kaoutar Ben Aissa | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Gonzague Bernard | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Catherine Boizard | .... | production assistant | |
| Antoine Brice | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Flora Elisa Algeri Bricoli | .... | film assistant | |
| Gilles Castera | .... | location manager | |
| Mathilde Cathelin | .... | floor runner | |
| Randi Chugerman | .... | assistant: to Howard Feuer | |
| Frederic Collomb | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Stuart Cook | .... | accountant: UK | |
| Neal Cooper | .... | additional dialogue coach | |
| Ginger Corbett | .... | international publicity: Premier | |
| Alan Coric | .... | cashier | |
| Andrea De Sica | .... | set runner | |
| Antonin Depardieu | .... | location scout | |
| Corinne Devaux | .... | choreographer | |
| Fabrice Devevre | .... | floor runner | |
| Gaetan Dinon | .... | location trainee | |
| Alain Dominiecki | .... | accountant | |
| Suzanne Durrenberger | .... | script supervisor | |
| Antonio Etzi | .... | personal assistant to director | |
| Franco Fantini | .... | accountant: Italy | |
| Ingy Fillion | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Florence Forney | .... | production coordinator | |
| Samuel Fuller | .... | director: Shock Corridor (1963 ) (as Sam Fuller) | |
| Fabien Gerard | .... | assistant script supervisor | |
| Marco Giacalone | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Constantine Gregory | .... | dialogue coach | |
| Jean-Louise Grousset | .... | caterer: Locafete (as Jean-Louis Grousset) | |
| Jocelyn Jones | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Arnaud Kaiser | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Veronique Lambert de Guise | .... | stock footage researcher (as Veronique Lambert De Guise) | |
| Florence Larsonneur | .... | business affairs: Recorded Picture Company | |
| Vincent Lefeuvre | .... | office production assistant | |
| Stephan Mallmann | .... | business affairs: Recorded Picture Company | |
| Chantal Malrat | .... | financial controller (as Chantal Malrat Atanassian) | |
| Virginie Marchesseau | .... | location trainee | |
| Benjamin Morand | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Richard Morrison | .... | title sequence | |
| Jessica Palud | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Pier Francesco Paredes Choto | .... | floor runner | |
| Samuel Renollet | .... | additional video operator | |
| Melanie Robot | .... | location trainee | |
| Laurent Sarazin | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Jeanine Sculier | .... | nurse (as Janine Scolier) | |
| John Shearlaw | .... | archival film researcher | |
| Robyn Smith | .... | special license: Mr. Fred Astaire's appearance (as Mrs. Fred Astaire) | |
| Jean-Pierre Vincent | .... | unit publicist: France | |
| Josef von Sternberg | .... | director: Blonde Venus (1932 ) (as Joseph Von Sternberg) | |
| Kalinka Weiler | .... | location scout (as Kalinka Carrasco) | |
| Julia Willis | .... | business affairs: Recorded Picture Company | |
| Thierry Zemmour | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Philippe Girardeau | .... | assistant location manager (uncredited) | |
| Roberto Guerra | .... | archive material provider (uncredited) | |
| Chris Paton | .... | unit publicist (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Monsieur Andriot | .... | thanks: Service Navigation de la Seine | |
| Brigitte Brauner | .... | thanks: Marie de Paris (as Madame Brigitte Brauner) | |
| Robert Bresson | .... | acknowledgment: director of Mouchette (1967 ) | |
| Tod Browning | .... | acknowledgment: director of "Freaks" (1932 ) | |
| Charles Chaplin | .... | acknowledgment: director of "City Lights" (1931 ) | |
| Vittorio De Sanctis | .... | special thanks | |
| J.C. Decaux | .... | thanks | |
| Gillian Duffield | .... | special thanks | |
| Frédéric Dupuch | .... | thanks: Prefecture de Police de Paris (as Monsieur Le Commissaire Dupuch) | |
| Gabrielle Fastman | .... | special thanks | |
| Samuel Fuller | .... | acknowledgment: director of Shock Corridor (1963 ) (as Sam Fuller) | |
| Jean-Luc Godard | .... | acknowledgment: director of À bout de souffle (1960 and Bande à part (1964)) | |
| Antony Gostyn | .... | special thanks | |
| Roberto Guerra | .... | acknowledgment: director of Henri Langlois (1970 ) | |
| Howard Hawks | .... | acknowledgment: director of "Scarface" (1932 ) | |
| Elia Hershon | .... | acknowledgment: director of Henri Langlois (1970 ) | |
| Robin Hilton | .... | special thanks | |
| Monsieur Hurtrel | .... | thanks: Prefecture de Police de Paris | |
| Buster Keaton | .... | acknowledgment: director of "The Cameraman" (1928 ) | |
| Marie-José Lambert | .... | thanks: Marie de Paris (as Mademoiselle Marie-José Lambert) | |
| Carol Levi | .... | special thanks | |
| Rouben Mamoulian | .... | acknowledgment: director of Queen Christina (1933 ) | |
| Madame Martial | .... | thanks: Ecole de Medecine - Universite Paris | |
| Monique Plantade | .... | thanks: Direction de la Voirie et des Deplacements (as Mademoiselle Monique Plantade) | |
| Roberto Rinalduzzi | .... | special thanks | |
| Mark Sandrich | .... | acknowledgment: director of Top Hat (1935 ) | |
| Michael Simkins | .... | special thanks | |
| Alexandra Stone | .... | special thanks | |
| Frank Tashlin | .... | acknowledgment: director of "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956 ) | |
| Christian Valsamidis | .... | special thanks | |
| Josef von Sternberg | .... | acknowledgment: director of Blonde Venus (1932 ) (as Joseph Von Sternberg) | |
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"The Dreamers" is one of Bernardo Bertolucci's most underrated films. A mesmerizing love declaration for The Cinema, this unforgettable film must be discovered.
In 1968, 19-year-old American Matthew (Michael Pitt), while settling in Paris for studying French, meets two equally young, beautiful and liberal film buffs: the twins Isabelle (Eva Green, another Bertolucci's luminous discovery, like he did with Liv Tyler in "Stealing Beauty") and Theo (Louis Garrel, son of French director Philippe Garrel and the best of the cast). The twins' parents travel, and Matthew is invited to join the attractive duo in their apartment. He accepts the invitation, of course, and the threesome starts a bizarre game of seduction with a charming leitmotiv: riddles about classic films. Who doesn't know the right answer, has to do what he/she is asked to. In the background, student riots in defense of Henri Langlois and his merit on the Cinémathèque Française are breaking out on the streets.
The film is superb, artistically and technically. Bertolucci is top-notch, the soundtrack is overwhelming (with songs by Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Édith Piaf, among others), and the cinematography (by Fabio Cianchetti) is one of the best, if not the best, I've seen recently. Gilbert Adair, we can't forget, did an excellent job adapting his novel, "The Holy Innocents", to the big screens. The sex/full frontal scenes and amorality can shock some people, this is definitely not a film for all tastes (as almost all masterpieces), but those who are open-minded and admire good cinema, will be entranced. The ending is one of the most surprising, original and brilliant I've ever seen, but, unfortunately, not everyone will get it. That's a crying shame, but original films tend to be misunderstood. "The Dreamers" is no exception.
A must-see to all film lovers. My vote is 10.