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- 2007
- Zeitgeist Films
- 3 h 3 m
- 2007
- Zeitgeist Films
- 3 h 3 m
Summary A group of young Parisians turn to a bohemian existence after the events of May 1968. (Film Distribution)
Directed By: Philippe Garrel
Written By: Arlette Langmann, Marc Cholodenko, Philippe Garrel
- 2007
- Zeitgeist Films
- 3 h 3 m
- 2007
- Zeitgeist Films
- 3 h 3 m
Regular Lovers
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6.4
Summary A group of young Parisians turn to a bohemian existence after the events of May 1968. (Film Distribution)
Directed By: Philippe Garrel
Written By: Arlette Langmann, Marc Cholodenko, Philippe Garrel
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
76
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
While the film’s desperately sad finale indicates that Philippe Garrel knows the truth of '68 better than most and might have suffered a crisis in faith in the years since, this magnificent film is itself proof that all was not lost.
A magical and supernally beautiful meditative drug-trip head-space picture (a full-fledged ZZM, q.v. above) for which all Euro-film masochists should rearrange their schedules. It'll be out on DVD soon, and that's great. But Garrel's films are almost never seen on the big screen, and this one's worth it.
Through a haze of opium smoke and Molotov cocktails igniting, Regular Lovers plays out like the heavier politicized and unsentimentalized counterpoint to Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Dreamers."
Regular Lovers isn't a folly-of-youth story that aches with emotion, like "Au Revoir," "Les Enfants" or "The Squid And The Whale." It's drier, and simpler.
Long, talky and shot in black and white. In other words, it requires a commitment in time and brain power - a commitment worth making.
Austere, underlit, uncompromisingly lackadaisical at three hours, and anachronistic in a half dozen ways.
Regular Lovers evokes the '60s pretty well just through dialogue and rhythm -- better, in fact, than Bernardo Bertolucci's more reverently detailed "The Dreamers." However, the film's slow tempo induces the feeling one is living through the whole of 1968 in one sitting.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.4
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.4
40% Positive
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Production Company
Maïa Films,
Arte France Cinéma,
MEDIA Programme of the European Union,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Jan 19, 2007
Duration 3 h 3 m
Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cahiers du Cinéma
• 2 Nominations
