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The Dreamers

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  • 1h 55m
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Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, and Eva Green in The Dreamers (2003)
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A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
IMDb RATING
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124K
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    • Bernardo Bertolucci
    • Gilbert Adair(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Michael Pitt
    • Louis Garrel
    • Eva Green
    • Bernardo Bertolucci
    • Gilbert Adair(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Michael Pitt
    • Louis Garrel
    • Eva Green
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    • 62Metascore
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    Michael Pitt and Eva Green in The Dreamers (2003)
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    Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, and Eva Green in The Dreamers (2003)
    Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, and Eva Green in The Dreamers (2003)
    Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, and Eva Green in The Dreamers (2003)
    Bernardo Bertolucci in The Dreamers (2003)
    Bernardo Bertolucci and Louis Garrel in The Dreamers (2003)
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    Michael Pitt
    Michael Pitt
    • Matthew
    Louis Garrel
    Louis Garrel
    • Theo
    Eva Green
    Eva Green
    • Isabelle
    Anna Chancellor
    Anna Chancellor
    • Mother
    Robin Renucci
    Robin Renucci
    • Father
    Jean-Pierre Kalfon
    Jean-Pierre Kalfon
    • Self
    Jean-Pierre Léaud
    Jean-Pierre Léaud
    • Self
    • (as Jean-Pierre Leaud)
    Florian Cadiou
    Florian Cadiou
    • Patrick
    Pierre Hancisse
    • First Buff
    Valentin Merlet
    • Second Buff
    Lola Peploe
    • The Usherette
    Ingy Fillion
    • Theo's Girlfriend
    Gilbert Adair
    • Man in the Louvre
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Jerry Travers
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Paul Belmondo
    Jean-Paul Belmondo
    • Michel Poiccard a.k.a. Laszlo Kovacs
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Chaplin
    Charles Chaplin
    • A Tramp
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Virginia Cherrill
    Virginia Cherrill
    • A Blind Girl
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich
    • Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
      • Bernardo Bertolucci
      • Gilbert Adair(screenplay) (based on the novel)
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    • Trivia
      The scene where Isabelle's hair catches fire happened unplanned. Eva Green was supposed to lean forward and kiss Matthew goodnight but accidentally caught her hair on fire on the candle on the table. She didn't let it worry her and acted so natural that Bernardo Bertolucci decided to leave it in as he felt it perfectly anticipated the theme that things are about to get a bit crazy.
    • Goofs
      On the walk along the canal, Isabelle states that she "...entered this world on the Champs-Elysees, 1959." She is obviously much older than 9, but she is not referring to her actual birth. She is reciting a speech from Breathless (1960), whose clips are shown.
    • Quotes

      Matthew: Yes, I'm drunk. And you're beautiful. And tomorrow morning, I'll be sober but you'll still be beautiful.

    • Crazy credits
      The word "events" is misspelled in the sentence stating "The wevents, characters and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious."
    • Alternate versions
      US R-rated version runs ca. 3 minutes shorter than the uncut NC-17-rated version. The following was cut from the NC-17 version for the R rated version:
      • 45:40/45:40-45:45 Extended shot of Theo kneeing in front of the Marlene Dietrich masturbating while being watched by Isabelle and Matthew. The following shot of Isabelle lacks a second.
      • 45:55/46:00-46:09 The scene with Matthew ends earlier in the R-Rated Version. In the Unrated Version, he's being shown from another angle while he's still masturbating. He slightly hits the wall with the head and touches the picture. The beginning of the following shot of Isabelle moving her head is missing as well.
      • 46:02/46:16-46:29 A moment later, the R-Rated Version ends when Isabelle pets Theo's butt and back with a feather duster. Theo's waving hand can be recognized better here.
      • 46:07/46:34-46:37 The end of the shot of Isabelle is missing and so is the beginning of the following shot of Theo masturbating. The R-Rated Version is back in the game when Theo's coming.
      • 53:42-53:45/54:12-54:20 Alternate footage of Isabelle dropping Matthew's shorts in the R-Rated Version. In the Uncut Version, she drops his shorts and his penis is visible. Furthermore Matthew had a picture of her in his shorts. (7.97 sec) The R-Rated Version contains a close-up of Matthew instead. This exact shot is exclusively in the R-Rated Version. (3.21 sec) - 55:03/55:38-55:55 The camera pans over their naked bodies. Isabelle has her hands at Matthew's crotch and supports him to penetrate into her.
      • 55:20/56:12-56:21 Extended shot of Isabelle's face while they're having sex. She moans. The beginning of the following shot a little lower is also missing.
      • 57:05/58:07-58:50 The R-Rated Version stops and goes on with alternate footage of Isabelle when Theo enters the kitchen. The footage is slightly different to the footage a little later in the Uncut Version.
      • Theo slowly goes to Isabelle and Matthew who are still lying lying on the ground. The camera tracks to them over the table. Theo knees down in front of his sister, pets her und touches her vagina. His fingers are bloody and he smiles at her. Then he gets up and Matthew touches her, too. His fingers are also bloody and that is where the R-Rated Version continues.
      • 57:31/59:12-59:41 The R-Rated Version ends when Matthew smudges Isabelle's face with her own blood while they're kissing. They keep kissing, then they hug. The beginning of the following scene is also missing: they're having sex and the camera tracks slowly to the top.
      • 58:42/1:00:52-1:00:59 The camera tracks slowly ober Isabelle's legs to the top, an explicit shot of her vagina included. The R-Rated Version only shows her breasts.
      • 59:17-59:21/1:01:35-1:01:42 The R-Rated Version contains alternate footage of Isabelle when Matthew puts is head next to Isabelle's hip and her pubic hair is visible for a short period. The beginning of Matthew's comment is slightly shorter. (3.67 sec) The NC-17 Version sticks with Matthew. (7.63 sec)
      • 59:27/1:01:49-1:01:59 Earlier beginning of the shot of Matthew. His face is pretty close to Isabelle's pubic area.
      • 59:35/1:02:06-1:02:10 Same here. This time he kisses Isabelle's belly.
      • 1:25:32/1:28:08-1:28:18 Extended shot of Isabelle in the mirror. Then a shot of Matthew's head between Isabelle's legs, under the tied round blanket. Then Isabelle in the mirror again. she really enjoys what Matthew is doing up there. The first frames of the following shot of Matthew are missing as well.
    • Connections
      Featured in Cinema Sex Politics: Bertolucci Makes 'The Dreamers' (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Third Stone from the Sun
      Written and Performed by Jimi Hendrix

      Published by Experience Hendrix LLC

      (p) 1967 Experience Hendrix LLC/MCA Records

      Courtesy of Experience Hendrix LLC

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises & Universal Music Special Projects France

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    8/10
    Poetically brave and challenging.
    Matthew is a young american student in france, his passion for movies leads him into Theo and Isabelle, two twins that shares his passion, they quickly build a deep friendship and Matthew gets invited to stay with them while their parents are gone. However once he gets settled with them he discovers sides of both that he had not expected. While they spend their time talking and playing, the riots of Paris 1968 goes on in the "real world".

    This is a very brave film in the way it has been build, but it is also a complicated movie that will leave you both confused and thinking, it's beautiful and it can almost be described as cinematic poetry, however this poetry also makes it a difficult one to relate too.

    After seeing this film i am confused in what i feel about it, the movie feels very divided, and some times it is an extraordinary brave and experimental film, other times it is confuing, and at some times boring too. It's really a hard movie to understand because of the poetic feeling it gives, it's like reading a poem where some of the lines doesn't make sense, but i guess that could be an advantage as it can be seen more than once. I feel the strength of the movie is the way it challenges and explores like no american or typical mainstream movie would do, the often use of nudity and raw sex scenes would never be seen elsewhere, and even though it may annoy many people, Bertolucci portrays the scenes very beautiful and they never seem like dirty scenes, the most impressive scene is the one where Matthew and Isabelle have sex, never have a full sex scene been portrayed in such a beautiful and realistic way on screen. And there are many examples of this.

    What brings the movie is first of all the very slow storyline, it barely moves at all, the whole 2 hours are pretty much circulating around one thing, which is the way these 3 youngsters spend their sparetime, it's an mysterious movie that really brings up interesting situations a lot of times, but other times it simply gets too slow and gets a little boring. Another partly negative thing is the understanding of the movie, as I earlier mentioned the movie is like a poem, if you have problems with a few lines the whole deeper meaning may fall apart. I wouldn't say i did not understand the fully deeper meaning of the movie, but i think each individual will understand this movie differently, due to the complex way it has been made. But i honestly think Bertolucci wanted it to be like that, a movie that will leave you thinking about many things, but i think what it really is about is finding yourself in a world where there are 6 billion people looking like you on the outside.

    The movie is very well directed, a solid directing and you can clearly see the trademarks of the director, one thing i noticed was the floating camera. The floating camera gives a feeling of being there, it is mostly used in the first part of the movie where Matthew learns more about his mysterious new friends, it gives us a feeling of curiousity towards these two new persons. Two persons whom we soon discover have more to them than showing on the outside.

    The acting in the movie is solid. I usually don't expect much from new and coming actors and actresses that i have not heard about before, this was also the case for this movie. But the acting is really good, Michael Pitt and Louis Garrel really gives an above average performance, great to see that there are still new actors who can take over when the old ones will be gone. But the star of this movie is Eva Green, what a mysteriously and unique performance, and what a brilliant casting, she is unique, beautiful and most importantly interesting, erotic and challenging. Also i give props to all the three main characters for their brave and realistic portray of nudity and the complications of sex among unexperienced youngsters.

    As i said earlier this movie is very complex, it's hard to understand, and i could probably talk about it forever, but i got to stop somewhere. I think the movie is definetely worth watching, it's very artistic and does indeed stand on its own feet, it takes chances you don't see many movies take, and it's all done very well. On the negative side i think the movie sometimes get too complex and slow, but overall i don't regret seeing it, and i think that i will be seeing it again due to the complex story, it will probably bring me new thoughts when i see it next time.

    6/10
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    • ks4
    • May 13, 2004

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    • What are the differences between the R-Rated and the NC-17 Version?
    • Is there an initial Italian edition of 130 minutes?

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    • Release date
      • February 20, 2004 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • Italy
      • France
      • United States
      • Fox Searchlight Pictures (United States)
      • HanWay Films (United Kingdom)
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Rue Beethoven, Paris 16, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
      • Fiction
      • Peninsula Films
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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