The Blue Room (2014)

In their blue hotel room, a clandestine couple of two married lovers plan an impossible future, as death shutters their already frail tranquillity. Now, the noose tightens more and more around innocents and sinners; but, was there a crime?

Director:

Mathieu Amalric

Writers:

Stéphanie Cléau (screenplay), Mathieu Amalric (screenplay)

Stars:

Mathieu Amalric, Léa Drucker, Stéphanie Cléau

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mathieu Amalric	...	Julien Gahyde
Léa Drucker	...	Delphine Gahyde
Stéphanie Cléau	...	Esther Despierre
Laurent Poitrenaux	...	Le juge d'instruction
Serge Bozon	...	Le gendarme
Blutch	...	Le psychologue
Mona Jaffart	...	Suzanne Gahyde
Véronique Alain	...	La mère de Nicolas
Paul Kramer	...	L'avocat de Julien
Alain Fraitag	...	L'avocat d'Esther
Christelle Pichon	...	La greffière du juge
Mustapha Abourachid	...	Le brigadier
Olivier Mauvezin	...	Nicolas Despierre
Alexandre Patoyt	...	Le postier
Henri Cherel	...	L'hôtelier

Storyline

A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, what is he accused of?

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Plot Keywords:

pubic hair | male pubic hair | manipulative personality | murder of wife | neglected wife | 

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Genres:

Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content including graphic nudity

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Wolverine (2013)

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Soundtracks

Telephone Conversation
Written by Frank Zappa
Performed by Frank Zappa and Pamela Zarubica (as Suzy Creamcheese)

User Reviews

In a jam.

This is exactly the kind of movie which grows on you.Based on a Simenon book , the story could have descended towards the banalities of the love triangle , a situation we've been told so many times here there and everywhere.That the opening scene may be very hot does not help for that matter.

Mathieu Amalric is fully aware of this ;his film looks like a jig saw puzzle ,with a very smart construction . When his film begins ,the die is cast :it's a long questioning by policemen and judges ; all the tragedy is told little by little, with flashbacks and portraits of the characters alive of dead : Almaric does not even fall in the trap of sentimentality : this is amour fou,in the fullest sense of the term ,but the characters are not really endearing : Esther is a selfish unsympathetic attractive woman who "waits-deadpan- for her sick husband to die " and one cannot blame her mother-in-law 's petulant attitude .The same goes for her lover -not so handsome ,after all - who 's got everything going for him ,a loving wife -with whom the viewer has a tendency to side, mainly when he knows the truth ,a cute child ,a desirable dwelling -one of the envious men calls it a b......t house during the trial- and thriving business.

This looks like a news item : one has the odd feeling of discovering the affair day by day ,with new revelations ; and Amalric deserves a bouquet for sparing us a looooong trial with the de rigueur brilliant lawyer : in this context ,it would be totally irrelevant : amour fou can't be explained ,period.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [United States]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

17 May 2014 (France)

Also Known As:

The Blue Room

Filming Locations:

La Flèche, Sarthe, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,809, 5 October 2014

Gross USA:

$254,666

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,232,900

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alfama Films, ARTE, Arte France Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1