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Perfect Love

Original title: Parfait amour!
  • 19961996
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 50m
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6.1/10
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Perfect Love (1996)
DramaRomance
Anatomy of a murder. Christophe has murdered Frédérique, his lover. He's in his 20s, an entrepreneur who likes to pick up chicks with his misogynist friend Philippe; she's in her 30s, a doct... Read allAnatomy of a murder. Christophe has murdered Frédérique, his lover. He's in his 20s, an entrepreneur who likes to pick up chicks with his misogynist friend Philippe; she's in her 30s, a doctor twice divorced with two children. After a police reenactment of the crime and an interv... Read allAnatomy of a murder. Christophe has murdered Frédérique, his lover. He's in his 20s, an entrepreneur who likes to pick up chicks with his misogynist friend Philippe; she's in her 30s, a doctor twice divorced with two children. After a police reenactment of the crime and an interview with her teen daughter, we go back to the start of their affair and follow it to its c... Read all
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516
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    • Catherine Breillat
    • Catherine Breillat
  • Stars
    • Isabelle Renauld
    • Francis Renaud
    • Laura Saglio
    • Catherine Breillat
    • Catherine Breillat
  • Stars
    • Isabelle Renauld
    • Francis Renaud
    • Laura Saglio
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    • 5Critic reviews
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    Isabelle Renauld
    Isabelle Renauld
    • Frédérique
    Francis Renaud
    Francis Renaud
    • Christophe
    Laura Saglio
    • Emmanuelle
    Alain Soral
    • Philippe
    Michèle Rème
    • Christophe's mother
    Alice Mitterrand
    • Wanda
    Tom Rocheteau
    • Vincent
    Delphine De Malherbe
    • Valérie De La Tournelle
    Marie Lebée
    • Examining magistrate
    Madeleine Top
    • Old lady with cat
    Monique Denise
    • Groom's mother
    Marc Verrin
    • Groom
    Ingrid Martel
    • Bride
    Serge Toubiana
    Serge Toubiana
    • Louis
    Coralie Trinh Thi
    • Bénédicte
    • (as Coralie Gengenbach)
      • Catherine Breillat
      • Catherine Breillat
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      Frédérique: I like sex, but I hate myself.

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    Perfect Love ***
    Another frank depiction of sexual obsession from Breillat which, despite several instances of full frontal nudity, is not particularly graphic until a short orgy sequence in the film's latter stages. While the film is rather long and talky, it is also surprisingly compelling, aided considerably by its two excellent central performances, particularly Isabelle Renauld's; its semi-documentary/flashback framework, then, leads to a shocking, inevitable finale. Having a relationship with a beautiful, mature woman is every young man's dream and, for a while, Francis Renaud lives it but before long, his unwillingness to let go of his chauvinistic male friends (who are prone to graphically describe their sexual prowess in front of his female companion) and seriously commit to his relationship is too heavy a burden for them both; ironically, it is Renaud's attempt at taking on the role of father-figure (by taking an interest in Renauld's teenage girl) which triggers off the differences between them and which keep escalating as the film goes along. Out of the three films I've watched so far from this interesting and controversial French film-maker, this is certainly the best so far and I'm looking forward to catching more of her work in the future. Luckily, I've managed to convince my pal at the local DVD rental store to add the Criterion DVD edition of Breillat's A' MA SOEUR! (2001) to his already impressive library...
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      • October 23, 1996 (France)
      • France
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Dunkerque, Nord, France
    • Production companies
      • Dacia Films
      • CB Films
      • La Sept Cinéma
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
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