#337: PIALAT, Maurice: À Nos Amours (1983)
PIALAT, Maurice (France)
À Nos Amours [1983]
Spine #337
DVD
DVD
With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching À nos amours is one of the greatest achievements. In a revelatory film debut, the dynamic, fresh-faced Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a fifteen-year-old Parisian who embarks on a sexual rampage in an effort to separate herself from her overbearing, beloved father (played with astonishing magnetism by Pialat himself), ineffectual mother, and brutish brother. A tender character study that can erupt in startling violence, À nos amours is one of the high-water marks of eighties French cinema.
99 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
in French
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2006
Director/Writers
Screenplay by Arlette Langmann and Maurice Pialat.
Pialat was 58 when he directed À Nos Amours.
Other Pialat films in the Collection:
#534: L'Enfance Nue (1968)
The Film
Other Pialat films in the Collection:
#534: L'Enfance Nue (1968)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Forty-page booklet featuring essays by Molly Haskell and Kent Jones, and interviews with Pialat and cinematographer Jacques Loiseleux.
Commentary
None.
The Human Eye
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Forty-page booklet featuring essays by Molly Haskell and Kent Jones, and interviews with Pialat and cinematographer Jacques Loiseleux.
Commentary
None.
The Human Eye
A 1999 documentary on the film.
Archival interview
Archival interview
With Pialat on the set.
Interview 1
Interview 1
From 2003 with Bonnaire.
Interview 2
With filmmakers Catherine Breillat and Jean-Pierre Gorin.
Actor auditions
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
Interview 2
With filmmakers Catherine Breillat and Jean-Pierre Gorin.
Actor auditions
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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