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Je tu il elle

  • 1974
  • 18
  • 1h 26m
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6.7/10
3.2K
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Je tu il elle (1974)
In honor of Pride Month, we celebrate our favorite LGBTQ+ stories on screen.  To add the films to your Watchlist, check out the full list of titles at https://imdb.to/pridefilms.
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'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.

  • Director
    • Chantal Akerman
  • Writers
    • Chantal Akerman
    • Eric De Kuyper
    • Paul Paquay
  • Stars
    • Chantal Akerman
    • Niels Arestrup
    • Claire Wauthion
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    • Director
      • Chantal Akerman
    • Writers
      • Chantal Akerman
      • Eric De Kuyper
      • Paul Paquay
    • Stars
      • Chantal Akerman
      • Niels Arestrup
      • Claire Wauthion
    • 18User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    Chantal Akerman
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    Niels Arestrup
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    • Truck-driver
    Claire Wauthion
    Claire Wauthion
    • Girlfriend
    • Director
      • Chantal Akerman
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      • Chantal Akerman
      • Eric De Kuyper
      • Paul Paquay
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    • Trivia
      The film was ranked joint 225th in the Sight and Sound critics' poll of 2022.
    • Quotes

      Truck-driver: You see, this is what matters. Move your hand. Slowly. Not so fast. Up and down. Slowly at first, then a little faster. I can feel it. It's getting warm. It's getting harder. It's filling up. Now the heat comes - inside and out. Slowly. It's gonna get real big and burst its skin. You obey, but you're afraid. You think it's wrong. Stroke it faster. Faster. Keep going. You can feel it coming. Go on. Go on. Slowly. That's right, up and down.

      [Groans]

      Truck-driver: It came in little waves. I'm gonna put my head on the steering wheel.

    • Connections
      Featured in Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Nous n'irons plus au bois
      (uncredited)

      Traditional French

      Lyrics by Madame du Pompadour

      Music from the Gregorian 'Kyrie' of the "Mass of the Angels"

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    5/10

    OK. It was certainly interesting.

    Having been interested in avant-garde cinema for about 50 years, I could see myself with my friends back in college, parsing something like this. This was the time of an eight hour film of a man sleeping. Every hour or so he would turn over or readjust his pillow. I suppose this lays a foundation for a filmmaker to eventually break from this into something with some sense. This film about a girl who spends a week eating powdered sugar, painting her apartment, and moving her mattress around probably does something for someone. She also poses in the nude, inviting voyeurism, which, I suppose we can only guess at. The other two thirds of the film, a meeting with a blue collar worker to watch a gangster movie, and a lesbian love scene, hang on for what seems like hours. Anyway, I haven't anything to contribute other than the final love scene reminded me of a film about insects, where a wasp struggles with an insect of equal size, grasps him and stings him until he is dead. There is endless convulsing, short moments of relaxation and exhaustion, and, finally, the coup de grace.
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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1978 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
    • Official site
      • World Artists
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • I, You, He, She
    • Production companies
      • French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
      • Paradise Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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