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2014
R
IFC Films
1 h 16 m

2014
R
IFC Films
1 h 16 m

Summary A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, Julien fails to find the words. “Life is different when one...

Directed By: Mathieu Amalric

Written By: Stéphanie Cléau, Georges Simenon, Mathieu Amalric

2014
R
IFC Films
1 h 16 m

2014
R
IFC Films
1 h 16 m

The Blue Room

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews

73

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings

4.7

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Summary A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, Julien fails to find the words. “Life is different when one...

Directed By: Mathieu Amalric

Written By: Stéphanie Cléau, Georges Simenon, Mathieu Amalric

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews

74% Positive
20 Reviews

26% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews

74% Positive
20 Reviews

26% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Los Angeles Times

Oct 9, 2014

What tantalizes is the way the story moves between their private passion and their public shame, the way then and now become synchronous. Amalric navigates the shifts with a lapidary precision.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

Philadelphia Inquirer

Oct 31, 2014

Adapted from the devilishly clever 1955 novel by master crime author Georges Simenon, The Blue Room is a dazzling deconstruction of the mystery genre that turns its conventions on their heads.

By Tirdad Derakhshani FULL REVIEW

Arizona Republic

Oct 8, 2014

It is a quiet but intense and closely observed piece of work.

By Kerry Lengel FULL REVIEW

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Oct 23, 2014

Directed by and starring Mathieu Amalric, it’s a deceptively low-key riff on a Hitchcock whodunit. It’s both sexy and inscrutable, a cold-blooded puzzler to the very end.

By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW

Sep 29, 2014

The great virtue of the movie is its length: a fat-free seventy-six minutes.

By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW

Sep 29, 2014

As it settles in, the thrilling chutzpah of The Blue Room’s opening salvo gets lost in the intricate curlicues of the plot, which take away much of its illicit rush.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

Christian Science Monitor

Oct 3, 2014

Amalric throws in flashbacks and flash-forwards between bedroom and courthouse (yes, there’s a murder), and I was reminded again why I prefer my noirs in the hardboiled American style rather than tricked up with all this faux Alain Resnais-style filigree.

By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings

43% Positive
6 Ratings

21% Mixed
3 Ratings

36% Negative
5 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings

43% Positive
6 Ratings

21% Mixed
3 Ratings

36% Negative
5 Ratings

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Details

Production Company Alfama Films, ARTE, Arte France Cinéma, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ciné+, Cofinova 10, Film(s), Georges Simenon Limited, Région des Pays-de-la-Loire

Release Date Oct 3, 2014

Duration 1 h 16 m

Rating R

Genres

Website http://www.alfamafilmsportugal.com/lachambrebleue/

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Awards

Mar del Plata Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Hawaii International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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