Nenette and Boni (1996)

Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He works for an interesting couple as a pizza ... See full summary »

Director:

Claire Denis

Writers:

Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau

Stars:

Grégoire Colin, Alice Houri, Jacques Nolot

6 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Grégoire Colin	...	Boni
Alice Houri	...	Nénette
Jacques Nolot	...	Monsieur Luminaire
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	La boulangère / Baker's wife (as Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi)
Vincent Gallo	...	Vincenzo Brown
Malek Brahimi	...	Malek, le prof de boxe (as Malek Sultan)
Gérard Meylan	...	L'oncle / Uncle
Sébastien Pons	...	Un ami de Boni
Mounir Aïssa	...	Un ami de Boni
Christophe Carmona	...	Un ami de Boni
Djellali El'Ouzeri	...	Un ami de Boni
Alex Descas	...	Le gynécologue / Gynaecologist
Jamila Farah	...	La sage femme / Midwife
Agnès Regolo	...	La radiologue
Pépette	...	L'assistante sociale

Storyline

Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He works for an interesting couple as a pizza baker, and is surprised and enraged when his younger sister, having run away from boarding school, suddenly turns up. There's a problem that they must confront.

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Plot Keywords:

male rear nudity | male masturbation | pubic hair | school | pizza | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

19 September 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nenette and Boni

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+,Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC),Dacia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Four Lovers (2010)

User Reviews

No, No Nenette

My main if not sole reason for seeing this was the fact that it featured Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in a supporting role. Although as a rule I'm a great admirer of French female directors like Nicole Garcia, Ann Fontaine, Claire Kurys, Tonie Marshall, Danielle Thompson, etc I've found it hard to warm to Claire Denis but that may, of course, be more my fault than hers. I did enjoy Vendredi Soir and J'ai pas sommeil was not as bad as I had feared but she lost me completely with L'Intrus and the subject matter of Beau Travail didn't appeal. There's very little here that we haven't seen before in terms of our old friend the dysfunctional family and it was too easy to nod off especially as Bruni Tedeschi was under used. Having said that I'm sure it will have its admirers.