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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Pan Européenne Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Pan Européenne Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Olivier Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles (Cyprien Fouquet) and Christine (Virginie Ledoyen), whose open rebellion against family and society threatens to tear them apart, as Christine is sent to an institution by her parents a...

Directed By: Olivier Assayas

Written By: Olivier Assayas

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Pan Européenne Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Pan Européenne Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m

Cold Water (1994)

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 6 Critic Reviews
90
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Olivier Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles (Cyprien Fouquet) and Christine (Virginie Ledoyen), whose open rebellion against family and society threatens to tear them apart, as Christine is sent to an institution by her parents a...

Directed By: Olivier Assayas

Written By: Olivier Assayas

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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0% Mixed
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Universal Acclaim Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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100
Apr 27, 2018
Cold Water has the kind of emotional purity that puts it in a class by itself. Its blue fog envelops you.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
90
May 17, 2018
Drawn from the director's personal memories of post-1968 excitement and disillusionment, the drama moves from surging emotional highs to melancholy lows, but it also pulses with a vibrant, moody energy that a 24-year delay from American screens has done nothing to diminish.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
90
Apr 26, 2018
Mr. Assayas succeeded in making a young person’s film when he was on the cusp of turning 40. He has said that he wanted Cold Water to feel like a movie from 1972. It doesn’t really, but, perhaps more remarkably, it’s so fresh it could have been made now.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 14, 2018
As Assayas himself has pointed out, the passing years have magically transformed a movie made in 1994 into a seeming product of post-1968 cultural turbulence and unresolved matters of the heart. It feels honest, in other words.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 11, 2018
Equal parts arthouse cinema and coming-of-age drama, the influence of his tribute to teen rebellion remains deeply felt.
By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 26, 2018
Mr. Assayas's screenplay is loose and uneventful, but his direction has more energy.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
7.0
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0% Mixed
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25% Negative
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25% Negative
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Production Company Ima Films, La Sept-Arte, SFP Production, Sony Music Entertainment, IMA Productions
Release Date Apr 27, 2018
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
Tokyo International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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