Douches froides (2005)

Director:

Antony Cordier

Writers:

Antony Cordier (writer)
Julie Peyr (adaptation)

Release Date:

22 June 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The story of three teenagers: a beautiful girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, one rich...

Plot Keywords:

Judo | Teenage Boy | Jogging | Swimming Pool | Oral Sex

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Johan Libéreau	...	Mickael
Salomé Stévenin	...	Vanessa
Florence Thomassin	...	Annie
Jean-Philippe Écoffey	...	Gérard
Claire Nebout	...	Mathilde Steiner
Aurélien Recoing	...	Louis Steiner
Pierre Perrier	...	Clément
Denis Falgoux	...	Philippe
Magali Woch	...	Natacha
Camille Japy	...	Isabelle
Dominique Cabrera	...	L'infirmière
Steve Tran	...	Tranh, -66 kg
Olivier Dote-Doevi	...	Xavier, -81 kg
Yoann Monjal	...	Arnaud, -90 kg
Benoît Bourse	...	Bruno, +90 kg

Also Known As:

Cold Showers (International: English title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Belgium:KT | Netherlands:12 | Hungary:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France

Company:

Why Not Productions

Movie Connections:

Features Mùi du du xanh - L'odeur de la papaye verte (1993)

Excellent movie with poor camera work!

The movie is fresh, poignant and real. For a non-professional actor, Johan Libereau manages to touch you with his raw humanity. If he polishes on his acting skills, he will become a formidable actor. Salome is captivating with her open frankness. The other actors were quite realistic too, in their different ways. There are a lack of continuity with many scenes, creating the impression that somebody had cut out a big piece. One example, is when the Chinese boy(his arm was in a sling)walked up with the coach and the next thing, Michael is outside kicking a ball!? Some scenes could have been left out altogether, like the night swim which Michael had with Vanessa. My major pain was with the camera work. I cannot understand why a lot of the scenes had to be done in close ups. The most annoying was the group shower scenes where the boys were making fun of the Chinese boy. At one point, somebody's back covered the entire screen. I felt that 70% of the movie was done in close ups, causing you to miss a lot of the details, like with the judo scenes. A lot of the close ups were done exclusively to mask the frontal nudity. This shame is normal for American directors but with a Frenchman? Even the Parental Advisory sticker created the impression of disgust and abnormality which nudity is definitely not. I strongly recommend seeing this movie and if at the end you feel like strangling the cameraman, you are not alone! By the way, this movie is NOT a gay movie and the 3-way sex scene was too dark and lost in the close ups.