Fin août, début septembre (1998)

Regisseur:

Olivier Assayas

Drehbuchautor:

Olivier Assayas (writer)

Premierendatum:

10. Februar 1999 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Kinky | Death | Writing

Filmpreise:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Yes, even this one

Besetzung

Mathieu Amalric	...	Gabriel
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Anne
François Cluzet	...	Adrien
Jeanne Balibar	...	Jenny
Alex Descas	...	Jérémie
Arsinée Khanjian	...	Lucie
Mia Hansen-Løve	...	Véra
Nathalie Richard	...	Maryelle
Eric Elmosnino	...	Thomas
Olivier Cruveiller	...	Axel
Jean-Baptiste Malartre	...	Editeur
André Marcon	...	Hattou
Elisabeth Mazev	...	Visiteuse de l'appartement
Olivier Py	...	Visiteur de l'appartement
Jean-Baptiste Montagut	...	Joseph Costa

Alternativ:

Late August, Early September (USA)
Regrets, Les (France) (working title)
Ende August, Anfang September (Deutschland) [de]
Ende der Unschuld, Das (Deutschland) (TV title) [de]

Länge:

112 Min

Produktionsland:

France

Sprache:

Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-12 | France:U | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Firma:

Dacia Films

Soundtrack:

Goye Kur

Yes, even this one

Can actors save an otherwise completely bad movie? The answer is of course "yes". Proof, if needed, is the possibly horrible "Fin août début septembre". The only reasons I went to see it, were the fact that the movie was directed by Assayas (who impressed me with "Irma Vep") and that it starred Virginie Ledoyen (up till now excellent in every movie she ever played in). Yes, she was very nice in "L'eau froide", a not so good movie by... Olivier Assayas. Oops! Yet, with Miss Ledoyen and "Irma Vep" in mind, I went to the theatre... and was quite disappointed. The story is so lame I can't even convince myself of giving you a summary. Then we have the director... Well, I can only think of two things that must have happened. Either Olivier Assayas was constantly absent and gave the camera to his five year old nephew, or he tried to make something resembling a Dogma 95 movie. We'll go for reason number one. The camera spins and spins when there is no reason to spin. When your actors sit on the ground, you don't have to make wild images. Unless of course the cameraman is so busy trying not to fall from the stairs at that moment. Maybe falling wouldn't have been that bad: we wouldn't have had the rest of the movie.

But this is going to startle you: I gave the movie a 6/10. Excuse me? A six? Well yes, a six... because the actors (mainly Virginie... again / of course) are so good that you try not to see what Assayas did to the movie. If you are somebody who can look at actors and enjoy their work, maybe you can have a look at this movie. If not, pretend it's poisoned with plutonium.

(P.S. I wonder if I would have given the movie 6/10 if Virginie Ledoyen hadn't been in it. I guess only a remake can tell me that. But in case Assayas accidently reads this: DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!)