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Emergency Kisses

Original title: Les baisers de secours
  • 19891989
  • 1h 30m
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Les baisers de secours (1989)
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The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life, and the confrontation he has with his wife, an actress who was turned down for such a project in which she ... Read allThe familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life, and the confrontation he has with his wife, an actress who was turned down for such a project in which she wanted to play herself.The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life, and the confrontation he has with his wife, an actress who was turned down for such a project in which she wanted to play herself.
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  • Director
    • Philippe Garrel
  • Writers
    • Marc Cholodenko
    • Philippe Garrel
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Sy
    • Philippe Garrel
    • Louis Garrel
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  • Director
    • Philippe Garrel
  • Writers
    • Marc Cholodenko
    • Philippe Garrel
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Sy
    • Philippe Garrel
    • Louis Garrel
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    • 4Critic reviews
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    Brigitte Sy
    Brigitte Sy
    • Jeanneas Jeanne
    Philippe Garrel
    Philippe Garrel
    • Mathieuas Mathieu
    Louis Garrel
    Louis Garrel
    • Loas Lo
    Anémone
    Anémone
    • Minouchetteas Minouchette
    Maurice Garrel
    Maurice Garrel
    • La père de Mathieuas La père de Mathieu
    Yvette Etiévant
    Yvette Etiévant
    • La mère de Mathieuas La mère de Mathieu
    Jacques Kébadian
    • Paulas Paul
    Valérie Dréville
    • Josetteas Josette
    Aurélien Recoing
    Aurélien Recoing
    • Le comédienas Le comédien
    Pierre Romans
    • Le metteur en scène de théâtreas Le metteur en scène de théâtre
    Charlotte Clamens
    • L'amie de Jeanneas L'amie de Jeanne
    Laurent Wennig
    • L'amantas L'amant
    • Director
      • Philippe Garrel
    • Writers
      • Marc Cholodenko
      • Philippe Garrel
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    The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life, and the confrontation he has with his wife, an actress who was turned down for such a project in which she wanted to play herself.
    • disillusionment
    • actress
    • expectation
    • loyalty
    • boy
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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Louis Garrel.
    • Connections
      References Maine Ocean (1986)

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    "Love the concept"
    Les baisers de secours (1989) was co-written and directed by Philippe Garrel. The cast stars Garrel as himself, and his partner in real-life, Brigitte Sy, as Jeanne, who, in the movie is his wife.

    The problem--in the movie--is that Philippe wants to cast himself as a film director, which is fair enough. However, he wants to cast another woman actor as his movie wife. Naturally, Sy wants that role. The rest of the plot follows from this interesting situation.

    In the movie, there's a good deal of back-and-forth about this, naturally. Carrel's choice may reflect his concept of the film-within-a film that he is making, or it may reflect his real life decisions about his personal life.

    There are long discussions in the movie. I've been to France, but I don't speak French, so I can't say whether the French actually spend these long hours discussing any given subject. This wasn't a boring film, but you had to be patient enough to follow the subtitles carefully so you could understand where all this conversation was headed.

    This film will work well on the small screen.

    P.S. Directors often cast family members in their films, but Carrel does this more than any director I know. Both his real-life son and his real-life father play his son and his father in the movie.
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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1989 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Triaden des Kusses
    • Production companies
      • La Sept
      • Les Films de l'Atalante
      • Planete et Compagnie
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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