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Cinema giants Jean-Pierre Melville (UN FLIC) and Jean Cocteau (LA BELLE AT LA BETE) collaborated to create LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, a stunning portrait of surreal perversion and narcissism based on Cocteau's novel of the same name. When teenage Paul, the fragile protagonist, is mysteriously felled by a powerful snowball thrown by .. Read more

Starring	Nicole Stephane, Edouard Dhermitte, Renee Cosima
Director	Jean-Pierre Melville
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- - 7
  - 0
  Creative Schizophrenia
  
  For all its many splendours, this Melville film of a Cocteau novel suffers from a malady I can only describe as 'creative schizophrenia.' It is ... read more »
  
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  - Baldock, England
  - 27 Oct 2004 at 11:30
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- - 2
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  Poor subtitling?
  
  While bursting with cinematic flair and containing some wonderful moments (not least the thrilling finale), this film suffers badly from some under-worked and ... read more »
  
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- - Andrews
  - 56 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Sep 2009 at 23:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Happy families
  
  This film was a joy to watch. Any outline of the plot would make it sound like Hitchcock, but this is to miss out on the mood of the film. There is a childlike ... read more »
  
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- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Aug 2009 at 08:29
- - 0
  - 3
  Tedious drivel
  
  Fans of JP Melville beware! This is more like a Jean Cocteau film at his worst.
  
  I don't know why it's considered a classic, the acting is ... read more »
  
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- - Boudou
  - 4 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Mar 2009 at 16:25
- - 0
  - 0
  Overbearing
  
  It is obviously one of those films that anyone who is into the Cinematheque Francaise must watch once, and preferably with the large Martini in both hands, ... read more »
  
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- - Trionon
  - 103 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Jul 2008 at 11:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Some Extraordinary Moments
  
  There are some extraordinary moments in this film, particularly in the second half where the overtones of classical tragedy (enhanced by the Bach and Vivaldi on... read more »
  
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- - Kevin Lloyd
  - London
  - 04 Mar 2007 at 17:26
- - 0
  - 2
  Dated and French
  
  I always had regards for Cocteau, but this is a heavy dialogued effort. It pales to the Concrete Garden which is thematically very similar.
  
  It is ... read more »
  
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- - spongebob2000
  - London
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 16:30
- - 1
  - 1
  Seriously challenging
  
  Yes I know it's a masterpiece of French cinema and literature but it really didn't do it for me.
  
  Acting was not convincing, the settings were... read more »
  
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- - KenS
  - 83 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Feb 2005 at 12:49
- - 0
  - 1
  Claustrophobic
  
  I think this probably is a masterpiece. There are obvious difficulties: the indeterminate age of the actors and their habit of addressing the back of the ... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 426 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 27 Jan 2005 at 16:55
- - 1
  - 1
  Poor
  
  The start is promising, and it goes downhill from there. The Dreamers, which was based on the book The Holy Innocents by Gilbert Adair which in turn was based ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, United Kingdom
  - 11 Jan 2005 at 13:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Le Film Terrible!
  
  This film must surely mark a lowpoint in the careers of both Jean Cocteau and Jean-Pierre Melville. Telling of the relationship between a domineering (possibly ... read more »
  
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- - cpl593h
  - Kent
  - 10 Nov 2004 at 10:20
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- - 7
  - 0
  Creative Schizophrenia
  
  For all its many splendours, this Melville film of a Cocteau novel suffers from a malady I can only describe as 'creative schizophrenia.' It is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 23181
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Baldock, England
  - 27 Oct 2004 at 11:30
- - 2
  - 0
  Poor subtitling?
  
  While bursting with cinematic flair and containing some wonderful moments (not least the thrilling finale), this film suffers badly from some under-worked and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 813227
- - Andrews
  - 56 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Sep 2009 at 23:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Happy families
  
  This film was a joy to watch. Any outline of the plot would make it sound like Hitchcock, but this is to miss out on the mood of the film. There is a childlike ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 798643
- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Aug 2009 at 08:29
- - 1
  - 1
  Poor
  
  The start is promising, and it goes downhill from there. The Dreamers, which was based on the book The Holy Innocents by Gilbert Adair which in turn was based ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 63487
- - a customer
  - London, United Kingdom
  - 11 Jan 2005 at 13:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Le Film Terrible!
  
  This film must surely mark a lowpoint in the careers of both Jean Cocteau and Jean-Pierre Melville. Telling of the relationship between a domineering (possibly ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 313666
- - cpl593h
  - Kent
  - 10 Nov 2004 at 10:20
- - 1
  - 1
  Seriously challenging
  
  Yes I know it's a masterpiece of French cinema and literature but it really didn't do it for me.
  
  Acting was not convincing, the settings were... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 323005
- - KenS
  - 83 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Feb 2005 at 12:49
- - 0
  - 0
  Some Extraordinary Moments
  
  There are some extraordinary moments in this film, particularly in the second half where the overtones of classical tragedy (enhanced by the Bach and Vivaldi on... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 416933
- - Kevin Lloyd
  - London
  - 04 Mar 2007 at 17:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Overbearing
  
  It is obviously one of those films that anyone who is into the Cinematheque Francaise must watch once, and preferably with the large Martini in both hands, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 601179
- - Trionon
  - 103 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Jul 2008 at 11:07
- - 0
  - 1
  Claustrophobic
  
  I think this probably is a masterpiece. There are obvious difficulties: the indeterminate age of the actors and their habit of addressing the back of the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 320659
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - FrankIV
  - 426 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 27 Jan 2005 at 16:55
- - 0
  - 2
  Dated and French
  
  I always had regards for Cocteau, but this is a heavy dialogued effort. It pales to the Concrete Garden which is thematically very similar.
  
  It is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 331591
- - spongebob2000
  - London
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 16:30

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- Les Enfants Terribles
  
  Cinema giants Jean-Pierre Melville (UN FLIC) and Jean Cocteau (LA BELLE AT LA BETE) collaborated to create LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, a stunning portrait of surreal perversion and narcissism based on Cocteau's novel of the same name. When teenage Paul, the fragile protagonist, is mysteriously felled by ...