Rating: NC17
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 02/06/2004(USA
Release Date: 07/13/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DS
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Veteran Italian filmmaker
Bernardo Bertolucci directs the
erotic drama The Dreamers, adapted from the novel
The Holy Innocents: A Romance by
Gilbert Adair. American student
Matthew (
Michael Pitt) is studying in Paris during the politically turbulent late '60s. The story begins in 1968 with the firing of
Henri Langlois, the founder of the French Cinémathèque. At a protest demonstration,
Matthew meets cinema-obsessed
Isabelle (
Eva Green) and her twin brother,
Theo (
Louis Garrel). When their Bohemian parents (
Robin Renucci and
Anna Chancellor) leave for the summer, the twins invite
Matthew to live with them. While the revolution rages on outside, the three young people stay in the comfortable flat playing decadent sexual games.
Bertolucci incorporates clips from classic films like
Queen Christina,
Band of Outsiders, and
Breathless. After showing at several European film festivals,
The Dreamers made its U.S. premiere at the
Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
