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Cold Water

Original title: L'eau froide
  • 19941994
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.9K
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L'eau froide (1994)
When the girl of a rebellious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?
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When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.9K
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  • Director
    • Olivier Assayas
  • Writer
    • Olivier Assayas
  • Stars
    • Virginie Ledoyen
    • Cyprien Fouquet
    • László Szabó
Top credits
  • Director
    • Olivier Assayas
  • Writer
    • Olivier Assayas
  • Stars
    • Virginie Ledoyen
    • Cyprien Fouquet
    • László Szabó
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 8User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
    • 90Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:53
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    Virginie Ledoyen in L'eau froide (1994)
    L'eau froide (1994)
    Cyprien Fouquet in L'eau froide (1994)
    Virginie Ledoyen in L'eau froide (1994)
    Virginie Ledoyen in L'eau froide (1994)
    Virginie Ledoyen in L'eau froide (1994)
    Virginie Ledoyen in L'eau froide (1994)
    Cyprien Fouquet in L'eau froide (1994)
    Virginie Ledoyen and Cyprien Fouquet in L'eau froide (1994)
    L'eau froide (1994)
    Virginie Ledoyen in L'eau froide (1994)
    Virginie Ledoyen in L'eau froide (1994)

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    Virginie Ledoyen
    Virginie Ledoyen
    • Christineas Christine
    Cyprien Fouquet
    • Gillesas Gilles
    László Szabó
    László Szabó
    • Père de Gilleas Père de Gille
    Jean-Pierre Darroussin
    Jean-Pierre Darroussin
    • Inspecteuras Inspecteur
    Dominique Faysse
    • Mère de Christineas Mère de Christine
    Smaïl Mekki
    • Mouradas Mourad
    Jackie Berroyer
    Jackie Berroyer
    • Père de Christineas Père de Christine
    Jean-Christophe Bouvet
    Jean-Christophe Bouvet
    • Professeuras Professeur
    Ilona Györi
    • Marieas Marie
    Renée Amzallag
    • Infirmièreas Infirmière
    Jérôme Simonin
    • Vendeur de dynamiteas Vendeur de dynamite
    Laetitia Lemerle
    • Corrineas Corrine
    Alexandra Yonnet
    • Copine blousonas Copine blouson
    Caroline Doron
    • Copine blesséeas Copine blessée
    Laetitia Giraud
    • Christianeas Christiane
    Marguerite Vial
    • Fumeuseas Fumeuse
    Julien Legros
    • Danseuras Danseur
    Mathieu Mardoukhaev
    • Frère de Gillesas Frère de Gilles
    • Director
      • Olivier Assayas
    • Writer
      • Olivier Assayas
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris, their families are ineffective and distant and they lead a purposeless life. They steal some records in a supermarket but she is caught and sent to a nursing home by force by her parents. She escapes and follows Gilles to a house where some other youths live. They then decide to go south: Christine has been told there is a commune there, where artists live. So they head south sleeping rough... —Salvatore Santangelo <pappagone2@libero.it>
    • teen angst
    • commune
    • family relationships
    • scientologist
    • bleakness
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    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Widescale theatrical release in the USA was long delayed by the difficulty in licensing the soundtrack.
    • Quotes

      Père de Gille: That's life and you have to act like an adult.

    • Alternate versions
      Shorter TV version released under the title Page Blanche ,La (1994) (TV) as part of the TV-series "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge" (1994)
    • Connections
      Version of Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...: La page blanche (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Avalanche
      Written and Performed by Leonard Cohen

    User reviews8

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Right on, this one
    I really hadn't expected much of this movie when I saw it in Brooklyn last summer. But, as a coming of age story, it's one of the few ones that really hits home for me. Cold Water is just such a frustrated, restless film, neither condemning nor forgiving its self-involved children and inadequate parents. It's fair in that way, which is refreshing. I'm tired of hearing rich kids get a lot of breaks and tired of hearing the Richard Fords explain away their parenting mistakes.

    Visually, it's not a terribly structured or naturalistic film, and maybe that's why it seems to be so right on. The frenetic energy and seeming meaninglessness of the individual shots really conveys the frustration that comes from having the faculties of an adult, but none of the powers. Those shots come together in these long, slow sequences . . . small town livin'. There's a seeming, but deceptive, plotlessness that drew a lot of recognition from me.

    You shouldn't miss the party scene. Man, that brings back memories. Pure recklessness, and listening to CCR over and over and over.
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    3
    • J. Harlan
    • Dec 1, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 6, 1994 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • Hungarian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kallt vatten
    • Production companies
      • Ima Films
      • La Sept-Arte
      • SFP Production
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $30,209
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,110
      • Apr 29, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $30,209
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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