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À Nos Amours (1983)

Drama | 95 minutes
3,21 104 votes

Genre: Drama / Romance

Duration: 95 minuten

Alternative title: To Our Loves

Country: France

Directed by: Maurice Pialat

Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Evelyne Ker and Dominique Besnehard

IMDb score: 7,1 (7.808)

Releasedate: 16 November 1983

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À Nos Amours plot

15-year-old Suzanne (Bonnaire), has sexual relations with anyone who wants her, but has no affection whatsoever for her partners. The only boy she refuses is Luc, who has real feelings for her. When her father leaves her mother, Suzanne falls into depression and becomes a physical victim of her frustrated brother.

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Spetie

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A very good film about a girl who is not an easy teenager, but also has to deal with a family that does not exactly provide an ideal foundation. Everyone has their own problems, and for Suzanne, having sex with a boy or man serves as a kind of outlet for these issues.

Sandrine Bonnaire delivers a strong performance in the lead role. She isn't particularly beautiful, but through her intense and natural acting, she manages to draw the audience's attention strongly. The rest of the cast also performs well. À Nos Amours has a number of strong moments that make the story increasingly captivating. Especially towards the end, where the entire family is sitting at the table discussing, is truly outstanding.

This could very well be a grower. It starts slowly, gets better and better, ends exceptionally strong, and, to boot, sticks in the memory remarkably well. Coming-of-age presented in an original and powerful way, with fine acting, and definitely recommended as far as I'm concerned.

4.0*

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A film that fails to intrigue at any moment. The characters mostly engage in endless, argumentative dialogues about very little.

At least, that is the illusion the viewer has. The director is pulling his leg. It is only in the course of the film that the viewer realizes that from the senseless bickering over trivial matters, profound signals actually escape—signals that explain a kink in a relationship or foster understanding for improper behavior in general. It is these hidden messages that provide the film with a penetrating psychological veneer. I discovered that, of course, much too late in the film. Such a structure is simply wasted on me, I am afraid.

Dialogues with hidden messages that stir the viewer's intellect. Hooray, but not really, because the dialogues sound hollow and empty and do not invite deeper analysis. As far as I'm concerned, just show the confrontational scenes immediately that explain the recalcitrant behavior and frenzied emotion, and job done. That, however, does not happen. For a better understanding, a refined analysis of the uninteresting dialogues combined with the non-verbal acting is really necessary. Well, that was going too far for me.

It's a clever idea to show arguments and friction in relationships, rather than the reason for the fight or the disagreement leading up to it. Yes, it's a clever idea, but it doesn't work for me. I'd rather see a dramatic scene that clarifies whether characters like each other or not, than have to filter that knowledge from uninteresting drivel. Just show the crux of the matter in a dramatic scene, Mr. Pialat. Then I can simply continue enjoying a story where strange time jumps fall more easily and where a fight is just a fight.

A little deduction is fun. In this film, too much deduction gets in the way of an enjoyable movie.

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Sandrine Bonnaire was barely sixteen when she appeared in her debut role. She acts very naturally, with all the impulsiveness and mood swings that come with that age. Pialat's style is realistic. He portrays human conflicts in all their pettiness, just as they occur in reality. You cannot draw a line between sympathetic and unsympathetic characters. They all have their weaknesses. Of the three other family members, the brother is perhaps the worst, although the father—played by Pialat himself—makes it very easy for himself by turning his back on his family. A priceless scene is when he appears as an uninvited guest in his own home.

Suzanne is clearly used to the hysterical scenes. Her erratic behavior is a reaction to her unstable home situation, a desperate search for the love she has received too little of. However, she chooses flings with men she feels nothing for, thereby diminishing her chances of a serious relationship. Her remarks about suicide primarily express a need for attention.

It begins at a summer camp in Provence, with plenty of sunlight and a boat trip. Then it moves to Paris and the suburb of Orly, and becomes increasingly dark and oppressive, fitting Suzanne's desire to escape from her current life.

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