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- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC/EAN: 712267272426
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112067240
- Studio: Strand Releasing
- Release Date: June 24, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #24083 in Movies (See Top 100 Movies Bestsellers)
- #746 in Foreign Films (See Top 100 Foreign Films Bestsellers)
- #175 in French (See Top 100 French Bestsellers)
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Review
New York Times, 02/01/2008, "[A] beautifully acted ensemble film....The film skips ahead with the pace of a light romantic comedy..." Entertainment Weekly, 02/29/2008, p.47, "[An] urgent, compassionate, and ultimately optimistic French drama..." -- Grade: B+ Los Angeles Times, 02/15/2008, "[Techine presents] the illness as a harsh light that illuminates their relationships and brings their true natures into relief.'
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Legendary French film director André Téchiné goes back to 1980s Paris in the tender, heartbreaking THE WITNESSES. Emmanuelle Beart (8 WOMEN) stars as Sarah, a children's book author who has just had her first child with husband Mehdi (Sami Bouajila), a vice cop. Sarah's doctor and close friend, Adrien (Michel Blanc), has fallen in love with the much younger Manu (Johan Libéreau), who enjoys being taken care of by the doctor but prefers a platonic relationship--and instead falls hard for Mehdi. Mehdi and Manu start a torrid sexual affair, but when Manu becomes ill with a mysterious disease, the complex entanglement between the four protagonists--as well as Sandra (Constance Dallé), a prostitute who befriends Manu, and Julie (Julie Deaprdieu), Manu's sister who wants to become an opera star--threatens to tear everything apart. Beart is outstanding as Sarah, a strong, independent woman who discovers while writing her first adult novel that she is not cut out to be a mother. Meanwhile, Adrien wants to be more than just a father figure to Manu. Sarah actually wants both she and Mehdi to have lovers, as long as they always come home to each other and don't fall in love with someone else--which becomes more complicated in these changing times. Téchiné (CHANGING TIMES, SCENE OF THE CRIME) sets THE WITNESSES at the very beginnings of the AIDS crisis in Paris, examining its effects on love, family, and friendship. The smart script, written with Laurent Guyot and Viviane Zingg, treats the subject with honesty and care. Philippe Sarde's minimalist score enhances the drama; the soundtrack also includes several arias and three songs by French pop duo Les Rita Mitsouko.
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