Les Olympiades (2021)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 105 minuten
Alternative title: Paris, 13th District
Country:
France
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Stars: Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba and Noémie Merlant
IMDb score:
7,0 (11.510)
Releasedate: 18 March 2022
Les Olympiades plot
In the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris, four young people redefine the concept of modern love. Émilie meets the boy Camille who is attracted to Nora. This one then crosses Amber's path again. The four share a close friendship, but sometimes love each other. Their mutual relationship is often a combination of the two.
Actors and actresses
Nora
Camille
Émilie
Amber
Karin
Le père de Camille
Serveuse Eighty
La femme au fauteuil roulant
Sandra, la colocataire
Eponine
Reviews & comments
Drulko Vlaschjan
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- 495 messages
- 432 votes
I find what The Philosopher thinks. Nice to see Jehnny Beth in a movie, I know it mainly from the pop stage. Rone's soundtrack is also tasty, which could have been given a bigger role in my opinion.
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14596 messages
- 4552 votes
This is truly the best new movie I've seen in theaters in over 10 years, a bit of a cross between two of my favorite movies but with a very different feel. On the one hand, that is Antonio's masterpiece La Notte, mainly because of the visual aspect. But this is even more reminiscent of Hou's homage to Ozu, namely Kôhî Jikô, because of the tempo, the atmosphere sketch in the big city where the city itself also plays a leading role and the environment in which this takes place. Not the fancy, but certainly not the banlieus either.
Visually, this thing is divine. Starting with (and often returning to) the abstract forms of the modern high-rise (this can only be brought forward in black and white), often drenched in atmospheric images of interiors and furthermore full of fun ideas and finds (that dance after a good sex!). With three enormously fascinating characters, all of them oddballs, a wonderful no-nonsense atmosphere and realistic-feeling encounters and especially sex. The actors act very natural and Lucie Zhang is a discovery. Such a subtle smile of joy when she just received a text from a boy who ignores her but contacts again, beautiful. The film has something of a story, but is much more like a wonderful atmospheric sketch of a few people in an area in a certain period of time. All supported by a delightful electronic soundtrack. Everything feels like a film by a millennial that perfectly captures the zeitgeist of wandering thirties in a big city, but the best man can already retire. Incredibly handsome.
La Notte and Kôhî Jikô are a step higher, but I've seen them twice in the cinema and thoroughly enjoyed them both times. 5.0*.
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
In the 13th arrondissement, also known as 'Les Olympiades', Émilie [Lucie Zhang] embarks on a short-lived, sexual affair with Camille [Makita Samba]. Camille then meets Nora [Noémie Merlant] and begins her relationship which becomes complicated when Émilie discovers she is in love with Camille. Nora's life takes an unpleasant turn when a young man at a nightclub mistakes her for webcam girl Amber Sweet [Jehnny Beth] and she decides to contact Amber herself. Although filmed in stylish black and white, it is about little more than sex and the dividing line between physical desire and a loving relationship.
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