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  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary At the start of the new college semester, Eloi and Alexandre encounter André, the most brilliant student in the lecture hall. Fascinated by his ease and charisma, they quickly fall under his spell. André then offers them his friendship in exchange for complete loyalty to him. Lost in admiration, Eloi and Alexandre devotedly submit to thi...

Directed By: Emmanuel Bourdieu

Written By: Marcia Romano, Emmanuel Bourdieu

  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2007
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m

Les amitiés maléfiques

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary At the start of the new college semester, Eloi and Alexandre encounter André, the most brilliant student in the lecture hall. Fascinated by his ease and charisma, they quickly fall under his spell. André then offers them his friendship in exchange for complete loyalty to him. Lost in admiration, Eloi and Alexandre devotedly submit to thi...

Directed By: Emmanuel Bourdieu

Written By: Marcia Romano, Emmanuel Bourdieu

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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While the young people chatter about life and literature with sometimes overbearing self-satisfaction, the astute filmmaker observes their pretentious gum-flapping with a mixture of amusement, compassion, and wised-up rue.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
80
Steeped in shrewdness about the often contradictory workings of human nature, Poison Friends is gratifying in the best tradition of French cinema.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
80
Bourdieu's cast is terrific throughout. Any fellow academic brats out there will especially appreciate Jacques Bonnaffé, one of the greatest French comic actors, in an imperious turn as the severe, guru-like professor.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
75
If, unlike his friends, you don't take anything Andre says seriously, there is a wicked sense of fun about it, and you may even see a little of yourself in one of the characters.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
75
This sly, subtle and very French psychological drama dissects the relationship between three insecure Sorbonne students and their deeply flawed idol.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
70
A biting academic fable about the importance of aggression over intellect.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
60
It is kept listenable--and watchable--because Bourdieu uses his knowledge of these people with winning ease. The story's conclusion verges on the grim, and it underscores Bourdieu's presumable theme: student life and talk are the last real vacations in many lives.
By Stanley Kauffmann FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fondation Beaumarchais, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa, Région Limousin, Région Aquitaine, La Région Île-de-France, TV5, 4 à 4 Productions
Release Date Apr 27, 2007
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Étoiles d'Or, France
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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