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Games of Love and Chance

Original title: L'esquive
  • 20032003
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.1K
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Games of Love and Chance (2003)
ComedyDramaRomance
Krimo a 15 years old shy boy falls in love for Lídia who is his classmate.To be able to assume his love for her he decides to take a part in the play that was to be one of his friends.Krimo a 15 years old shy boy falls in love for Lídia who is his classmate.To be able to assume his love for her he decides to take a part in the play that was to be one of his friends.Krimo a 15 years old shy boy falls in love for Lídia who is his classmate.To be able to assume his love for her he decides to take a part in the play that was to be one of his friends.
IMDb RATING
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3.1K
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    • Abdellatif Kechiche
    • Abdellatif Kechiche(scenario)
    • Ghalya Lacroix(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Osman Elkharraz
    • Sara Forestier
    • Sabrina Ouazani
    • Abdellatif Kechiche
    • Abdellatif Kechiche(scenario)
    • Ghalya Lacroix(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Osman Elkharraz
    • Sara Forestier
    • Sabrina Ouazani
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    • 20User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
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    Osman Elkharraz
    • Krimo
    Sara Forestier
    Sara Forestier
    • Lydia
    Sabrina Ouazani
    Sabrina Ouazani
    • Frida
    Nanou Benhamou
    • Nanou
    Hafet Ben-Ahmed
    • Fathi
    Aurélie Ganito
    • Magalie
    Carole Franck
    Carole Franck
    • French Professor
    Hajar Hamlili
    • Zina
    Rachid Hami
    • Rachid
    Meriem Serbah
    • Krimo's Mother
    • (as Meryem Serbah)
    Hanane Mazouz
    • Hanane
    Sylvain Phan
    • Slam
    Olivier Loustau
    Olivier Loustau
    • Policier
    Rosalie Symon
    • Policier
    Patrick Kodjo Topou
    • Policier
    Lucien Tipaldi
    • Policier
    Reinaldo Wong
    • Le couturier
    Nu Du
    • Couturière
      • Abdellatif Kechiche
      • Abdellatif Kechiche(scenario) (adaptation and dialogue)
      • Ghalya Lacroix(adaptation and dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      The movie is dedicated Slaheddine.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Leçon de cinéma: Arnaud Desplechin et Mathieu Amalric (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Warini Werak Tergoud
      Performed by Cheba Zahouania

      Written and Composed by Cheikha Rimitti

      Production: MLP / History

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    10/10
    An excellent example of ethnographic film making in the realm of fiction
    This is a dream film, of which I am so entirely thrilled that it received so many awards over the mediocre but over hyped Rois et reine. The self effacement of the director in this film is impeccable, one has the eerie sense of watching a Fred Wiseman documentary. It is true that dialogue can run long and circuitously, but for those with my taste for extreme realism this can only be a downside if the acting is poor, and in l'esquive it is not. The acting is on the contrary frighteningly good, whatever self consciousness the members of this young cast might have before the camera is immediately absorbed in the documentary-like mise en scene, that is to say, it only furthers the sensibilities and aesthetic as a whole. L'esquive is a singular film that we can only hope will influence a generation of young French filmmakers who are tired of the well lit, over produced cinema this country is getting far too comfortable with.
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    • Mar 10, 2005

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    • Release date
      • January 7, 2004 (France)
      • France
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
    • Production companies
      • Lola Films
      • Noé Productions
      • CinéCinéma
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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