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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: | |||
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | ... | Himself (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
| Aleksandra Kacprzak | ... | Student May 68 (uncredited) | |
| Henri Langlois | ... | Himself (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
| François Truffaut | ... | Himself (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
Directed by | |||
| Bernardo Bertolucci | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Gilbert Adair | (novel) | |
| Gilbert Adair | (screenplay) | |
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 makeup artist | |
| Giorgio Gregorini | .... | hairdresser | |
| Evelyne Larmaillard | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Christian Morales | .... | additional hairdresser | |
| Régine Navaro | .... | additional makeup artist (as Regine Navaro) | |
| Thi-Loan Nguyen | .... | makeup supervisor (as Thi Loan Nguyen) | |
| Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen | .... | makeup artist | |
| Anouk Oechslin | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Magali Ohlmann | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Danielle Palmier | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Rosa Perez | .... | additional hairdresser | |
| Patricia Planche | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Aldo Signoretti | .... | hair supervisor | |
| Jérôme Ventura | .... | additional hairdresser (as Jerome Ventura) | |
Production Management | |||
| Frederick Bovis | .... | production manager | |
| 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 | .... | cable person (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 | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Daniel Laurie | .... | adr editor | |
| Daniel Laurie | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Stephane Lioret | .... | boom operator | |
| Mike Prestwood Smith | .... | sound 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) | |
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 | .... | stunt woman (as Alexandrine Felkin) | |
| Pascaline Girardot | .... | stunt woman | |
| David Groleau | .... | stuntman | |
| Vincent Haquin | .... | stuntman | |
| Cyrille Hertel | .... | stuntman | |
| David Julienne | .... | stuntman | |
| Michel Julienne | .... | stunt car coordinator | |
| Mael Lamberton | .... | stuntman | |
| Emilie Lelouch | .... | stunt woman | |
| Gregory Loffredo | .... | stuntman | |
| John Medalin | .... | stuntman | |
| Pierre Medalin | .... | stuntman | |
| Jean-Loup Michon | .... | stuntman (as Jean-Loup Michou) | |
| Florent Mismetti | .... | stuntman | |
| Alain Pedouan | .... | stuntman | |
| Teddy Pividal | .... | stuntman | |
| Pierre Raveneau | .... | stuntman | |
| Catherine Robert | .... | stunt woman | |
| Sebastien Soudais | .... | stuntman | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Luigi Andrei | .... | Steadicam operator | |
| Luigi Andrei | .... | camera 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 | .... | generator operator | |
| Franck Boussenec | .... | grip | |
| Séverine Brigeot | .... | still photographer (as Severine Brigeot) | |
| Guillaume Brule | .... | electrician | |
| Raphaël Cauhepo-François | .... | focus puller: second camera (as Raphael Cauhepo-Francois) | |
| Roberto De Paolis | .... | still 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 generator 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 generator 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: DVCAM camera | |
| Marco Revello | .... | key grip (as Marc Revello) | |
| Marco Santarelli | .... | key grip | |
| Lilia Sellami | .... | clapper loader | |
| Sergio Simoes | .... | additional electrician | |
| 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 | |
| Michel 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 | .... | transportation 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 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: Howard Feuer | |
| Frederic Collomb | .... | additional location trainee | |
| Stuart Cook | .... | accountant: UK | |
| Neal Cooper | .... | additional dialogue coach | |
| Ginger Corbett | .... | international publicity: Premier | |
| Alan Coric | .... | cashier | |
| Antonin Depardieu | .... | location scout | |
| Andrea De Sica | .... | set runner | |
| 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 | |
| Philippe Girardeau | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Constantine Gregory | .... | dialogue coach | |
| Jean-Louise Grousset | .... | caterer: Locafete (as Jean-Louis Grousset) | |
| Roberto Guerra | .... | archive material provider | |
| 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 | |
| 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 ) | |
| J.C. Decaux | .... | thanks | |
| Vittorio De Sanctis | .... | special 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 Bernardo Bertolucci's bizarre and fascinating (if not altogether successful) distillation of the radical '60's mentality. Since the film is set in Paris in 1968, the radicalism naturally takes the form of perverted sexuality and extreme cinephilia. Leave it to the French to be exploring l'amour in all its myriad possibilities!
In terms of plotting, 'The Dreamers' is much like an incestuous version of Truffaut's menage a trois classic 'Jules and Jim,' with the new film's subject matter as shocking today as was the earlier film's in its own time. Time and culture sure do march on, and it always seems to be the French leading the way. In 'The Dreamers,' Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel) are twins who have developed a rather 'unnatural' attraction to one another, becoming 'one' in virtually every way imaginable - physically, spiritually, psychically. Matthew (Michael Pitt, who looks for all the world like Leonardo Di Caprio) is the young American in Paris whom they pull into their strange little world of sexual intrigue and emotional games. Matthew is a product of his time, a young man who is not very experienced in the ways of the world but who is willing to partake in the moral relativism that is permeating the culture. Thus, he becomes the perfect candidate for Isabelle and Theo to work their magic on. Their power of attraction proves overwhelming and irresistible for Matthew, for they are both exotically beautiful creatures, seemingly in tune with the trendy radicalism swirling around them. Yet, Mathew eventually discovers that they are really only passive observers paying little but lip service to the cause, too obsessed with their own twisted relationship to actually step out and participate in those grand social movements they talk so freely about. Isabelle and Theo are 'radicals' to be sure, yet their radicalism seems to be channeled in a self-destructive, ultimately futile direction. Only over time does Matthew awaken to this realization.
Due to the extremely sensitive nature of the subject matter, Bertolucci often seems more interested in shocking than enlightening us. Isabelle, Theo and Matthew are so insulated and cut off from the outside world that the points Bertolucci seemingly wants to make about the times - as reflected in protesters marching in the streets, the references to Vietnam, Mao and Jimmy Hendrix - feel tacked on and superfluous, not particularly integral to the film as a whole. He is never quite able to bring these background elements and the foreground story together in any meaningful way. What Bertolucci does capture well is the obsessive love the French have always had for the cinema as both entertainment and art form. His characters live, breathe and think films, often acting out favorite scenes while the director intercuts snippets from the movies themselves. The beautiful thing about the French is that they have always had such an eclectic taste in film, embracing both American studio and French New Wave products with equal passion. And this artistic open-mindedness Bertolucci captures with gleeful abandon. The film, in many ways, becomes an homage to Chaplin and Keaton, Astaire and Rogers, Samuel Fuller, Truffaut, Godard, Greta Garbo and many other icons of movie history.
'The Dreamers' doesn't entirely hold together and the sum of its parts is better than the whole. Still, the acting is excellent and Bertolucci has lost none of his skills as a director, making each beautifully composed shot stand for something - a real treat for audiences bored to tears by the kind of by-the-numbers film-making we get so often today. Bertolucci is a true film artist and it is a joy just to sit and watch what he does with his actors and his camera, like a master painter working wonders with his canvas.
As for the much-vaunted sexual content of the film (it is rated NC-17), certainly those who are easily offended by nudity and provocative sexual themes had best avoid subjecting themselves to this film. Those, however, with a more open mind will find little that is overtly offensive about what is shown here. In fact, if Isabelle and Theo weren't brother and sister, there would be little controversy at all generated by the film. My suspicion is that Bertolucci and writer Gilbert Adair made their film about incest because an ordinary love triangle would have seemed just too commonplace in this day and age to serve as a successful plot device for a film whose very theme centers around radicalism. They really needed to shake the audience up and this was as effective a way as any to do that. Whether it repels more people than it compels is something only time will tell.
As it is, 'The Dreamers' is not an entirely successful film, but those impressed by fine film-making had best not pass it up.