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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

17 May 2014 (France)

Also Known As:

El cuarto azul

Filming Locations:

La Flèche, Sarthe, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,809, 3 October 2014, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$231,186, 7 November 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alfama Films, Arte France Cinéma, Arte France

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Pacific Rim (2013)

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Soundtracks

Chaconne - Partita for Violin No.2 (BWV 1004)
By Johann Sebastian Bach (as Bach)
Transcribed for piano by Ferruccio Busoni (as Busoni)
Performed by Itamar Golan

User Reviews

a parable

about desire. about the role of the other. about flesh and love and hidden by yourself sins, about the search of yourself and about the fall of a night.about justice. a film who mix, in wise manner, the seduction with fascination. a work of beauty and dark secrets and images of victims and fragile intentions. it could be the film of Mathieu Amalric. like many of his films because he has the science and the gift to propose the right solution for the tone of story. because it is a film of details, about a not special event, in which the states of characters remains the only significant thing. so, a film who must see. for the acting first. then, for atmosphere.