Plaire, aimer et courir vite (2018)

Jacques is an older writer from Paris. Arthur is a young student in Rennes. They instantly fall in love. But they'll have to face rejection and sickness to keep it that way.

Director:

Christophe Honoré

Writer:

Christophe Honoré (as Honoré)

Stars:

Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydès

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent Lacoste	...	Arthur Prigent
Pierre Deladonchamps	...	Jacques Tondelli
Denis Podalydès	...	Mathieu
Adèle Wismes	...	Nadine
Thomas Gonzalez	...	Marco
Clément Métayer	...	Pierre
Quentin Thébault	...	Jean-Marie
Tristan Farge	...	Louis
Sophie Letourneur	...	Isabelle
Marlene Saldana	...	L'actrice (as Marlène Saldana)
Luca Malinowski	...	Stéphane
Rio Vega	...	Fabrice
Loïc Mobihan	...	Le docteur
Mathilda Doucouré
Eric Vigner

Storyline

1990. Arthur, 20 years, studying in Rennes. His life changes when he meets Jacques, a writer who lives in Paris with his young son. All summer long, Arthur and Jacques enjoy and love each other. But Jacques knows that this kind of love needs to live fast.

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Plot Keywords:

male rear nudity | gay sex | aids | bisexual | cruising | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Ad Vitam Distribution [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

10 May 2018 (France)

Also Known As:

Sorry Angel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Pelléas,Arte France Cinéma,Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

-The filming begins in mid-June 2017 in Brittany, precisely during two days in Binic and twenty days in the city center of Rennes. The Filming also continues in Paris and Amsterdam.

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Connections

References The Crying Game (1992)

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Soundtracks

One
Music and Lyrics by Harry Nilsson
Performed by [Linik=nm0632223]

User Reviews

Love - and romanticism - in the days of AIDS

It could be only the story of Arthur, a young gay (bisexual?) student who, in the early 90s, arrives in Paris to find the one he loves. It could be almost a cliché, which actually find its place in Christophe Honoré's film, but it arrives only later in the film, at a time when everything is already almost lost. Because Jacques, the writer Arthur met in Rennes (a provincial town about 400 km in the west of Paris), is fatally ill. He knows his death is near and he tries to hide it from his lover, above all to avoid subjecting him to his decay. He hides in his neighbor's apartment, but when he sees his lover wandering sadly in the streets of Paris, he cannot resist. He finds him, hugs him, and abandons himself. One could compare this film to Robin Campillo's "BPM (Beats Per Minute)", which was also set in Paris in the 90s, but it hasn't much to do with it. Even if we feel the same distress in Christophe Honoré's film, this one is more of a romantic chronicle of 'Love in the days of AIDS'. We find some remains of 'Love Song' - the film/musical that made Honoré famous -, but without the affectation of that film. What he films today has much more gravity, and melancholy. Actor Pierre Deladonchamps (Jacques), who was also in Alain Guiraudie's fantastic 'Stranger by the Lake' and in André Téchiné's 'Golden Years', is amazing. He manages to express so much, with his face, the way he walks, speaks... He makes this character more human, asking questions as: how do you survive when you have almost no time left to live? This 'darker' film also has some 'light' moments, and some quite funny: when he comes out of a theater in Rennes, late at night, Jacques would like to meet Arthur, who follows them secretly, but he first has to listen to the horrible chatter of an actress with an inflated ego. The film is sometimes a bit lengthy, but Christophe Honoré has grasped here very well the hesitations of love, the certainty of the ephemeral and the intriguing osmosis between the sweetness of sex and its crudity.