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Title: I Dreamt Under the Water (2008)
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Antonin
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| Caroline Ducey | ... |
Juliette
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| Christine Boisson | ... |
Fabienne
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Hicham Nazzal | ... |
Baptiste
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Alex
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Hélène Michel | ... |
Babsi
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Eva Ionesco | ... |
Femme Sif
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Hervé P. Gustave | ... |
Déménageur
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Rodrigue Adompo | ... |
Spike
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Lidwine Herdhuin | ... |
Christine
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Xanaë Bove | ... |
Pénélope
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Xavier Gaillard | ... |
Marcel
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Muriel Michaux | ... |
Magalie
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Patricia Dagmey | ... |
Jacqueline
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Jacqueline Mille | ... |
Lysiane
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Love is a drug; sex, an addiction.Parents Guide:
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
18 June 2009 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Antoine, a handsome boy in his 20s, falls for a straight best friend who does not reciprocate, and being a junkie exits the film quite early. Enter a girl, who seems to make him happy again, after he has tried living as a rent boy with men, having some familial, financial difficulties. But the girl is a junkie too. The only healthy looking guy in the film, someone Antoine meets as a rent boy, is Baptiste, who even offers him a job, and seems to really care for him. His infatuation with the girl has a self-destructive note echoing the self-destructiveness of his paramours, perhaps Baptiste excepted, who is the only one proclaiming love; and in the end all three end up in a sort of confrontation, the promise of a confrontation that is supposed to echo in the spectator.
For what reason one does not gather. The film borrows avant-garde techniques but not a scenario, falling short on that side: not quite impressionistic, not quite developing characters, it remains inconclusive, not in a favorable way. And that makes it a bit toxic, as if it wants to dwell in an underworld with some clear, good-hearted motivation but in a way the soundtrack betrays it with its pop/rock exposure; not maudit enough, it has stayed underwater longer than it should have. Its dream remains water-bewitched.