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Love, Math and Sex

Original title: C'est la tangente que je préfère
  • 19971997
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
252
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Love, Math and Sex (1997)
  • Drama
Sabine, an adolescent girl with a gift for mathematics becomes involved with Jiri, a 40-something man-of-the-theatre from Prague. The story of their relationship and the gradual transformati... Read allSabine, an adolescent girl with a gift for mathematics becomes involved with Jiri, a 40-something man-of-the-theatre from Prague. The story of their relationship and the gradual transformation of Sabine's life as a result of it.Sabine, an adolescent girl with a gift for mathematics becomes involved with Jiri, a 40-something man-of-the-theatre from Prague. The story of their relationship and the gradual transformation of Sabine's life as a result of it.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
252
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  • Director
    • Charlotte Silvera
  • Writers
    • Jean-Luc Nivaggioni
    • Charlotte Silvera
  • Stars
    • Julie Delarme
    • Georges Corraface
    • Marie-Christine Barrault
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  • Director
    • Charlotte Silvera
  • Writers
    • Jean-Luc Nivaggioni
    • Charlotte Silvera
  • Stars
    • Julie Delarme
    • Georges Corraface
    • Marie-Christine Barrault
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Julie Delarme
    Julie Delarme
    • Sabineas Sabine
    Georges Corraface
    Georges Corraface
    • Jirias Jiri…
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    • La prof de mathsas La prof de maths…
    Agnès Soral
    Agnès Soral
    • La mère de Sabineas La mère de Sabine…
    Christophe Malavoy
    Christophe Malavoy
    • Le père de Sabineas Le père de Sabine…
    Suzie
    • Gabrielleas Gabrielle
    Anna Prucnal
    Anna Prucnal
    • La femme blondeas La femme blonde…
    Marie Laforêt
    Marie Laforêt
    • Pétra la véritéas Pétra la vérité…
    Françoise Michaud
    Françoise Michaud
    • La prof de sciences-natas La prof de sciences-nat…
    Maxime Lombard
    • Policieras Policier…
    Maurice Chevit
    • Jean-Pierreas Jean-Pierre
    Louis Navarre
    • Guyas Guy
    Alix de Konopka
    Alix de Konopka
    • La voisineas La voisine…
    Bernard Sens
    • Janas Jan
    Witold Heretynski
    • Petras Petr…
    Faouzi Brahimi
    • Alamas Alam
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    Rufus
    • Un spectateur au cinémaas Un spectateur au cinéma…
    Jean-Pierre Gos
    Jean-Pierre Gos
    • Rolandas Roland
    • Director
      • Charlotte Silvera
    • Writers
      • Jean-Luc Nivaggioni
      • Charlotte Silvera
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    I'd rather have cosine.
    The title has a double meaning:the heroin likes tangent best because she's in love with maths.But her family is so wretched that she wants to make off (=prendre la tangente).

    Nothing to get hung about though:the umpteenth story of young high school girl who falls in love with a forty-something brimming with Slavonic charm.Except for the numerous erotic scenes,that could fit the bill for such "nice" French made-for-TV series ,the likes of "Madame le Proviseur".Directing remains academic,and acting conventional,as far the two leads are concerned.

    Interest lies elsewhere:Marie-Christine Barrault is very convincing as a generous maths teacher;Agnès Soral and mainly classy Malavoy are cast against type as two proles always fearing the bailiff.Too bad the relationship whizz kid heroine/ moronic parents is only skimmed over.

    The dialogue,when it does not integrate maths in its lines remains trite and dull.But when the heroine says that her " derivative" turns negative that her lover is her "vector" or when she uses the probability in her father's problems it's pretty original.

    If I remember well,the curve of the tangent function sometimes.tends towards infinity whereas the cosine one endlessly goes up and down:that's why I'd rather have cosine to describe this movie which fluctuates between bad and good.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Sep 25, 2002

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    • Release date
      • August 5, 1998 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Swiss production's official site
      • Unifrance page
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Aşk, Matematik ve Seks
    • Filming locations
      • Lille, Nord, France
    • Production companies
      • Banana Films
      • C.R.R.A.V
      • Canal+
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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