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Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twenty-something daughter Josephine (Mati Diop). Lionel and Josephine have a warm and caring .. Read more
| Starring | Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue |
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| Director | Claire Denis |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twenty-something daughter Josephine (Mati Diop). Lionel and Josephine have a warm and caring relationship, and while it's not Lionel's nature to say very much, his affection for his daughter is clear. Lionel's on-and-off girlfriend Gabrielle (Nicole Dogue) and their footloose friend Noe (Gregoire Colin) live in the same building, and together the four have fallen into a casual family relationship. However, when's Lionel's close friend and fellow driver Rene (Julieth Mars Toussaint) announces he's retiring, Lionel becomes painfully aware that he's not as young as he once was, and realises how much he depends on his daughter. This knowledge sets Lionel on edge when Jospehine's friendship with Noe begins to evolve into a romantic relationship, while she is angered when she spies her father flirting with an attractive woman who runs a nearby diner.
| Starring | Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Eriq Ebouaney, Jean-Christophe Folly, Gregoire Colin |
|---|---|
| Director | Claire Denis |
| Studio | DRAKES AVENUE |
| Original title | 35 rhums |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 19 Oct 2009 |
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A beautiful film in which nothing much happens
If you like action, excitement, a narrative story that takes you from A to B.... don't bother. This wonderful film doesn't have a standard story / plot... read more »
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too slow
Although the cinematography is quite artistic, the plot is painfully slow and nothing really happens. Far too slow and boring for me.
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Ennui in the banlieue
I am generally a fan of French art-house cinema and I loved Beau Travail by the same director, a beautifully-shot, highly evocative film in which nothing much ... read more »
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Subtitles don't work
This film is in French which would normally be fine but the subtitles don't work (regardless of whether the menu setting is on or off) which is a show ... read more »