Destinées sentimentales, Les (2000)

Regisseur:

Olivier Assayas

Drehbuchautoren:

Olivier Assayas (writer)
Jacques Chardonne (novel)

Premierendatum:

12. Juli 2000 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Plot:

In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife...

Plot Keywords:

Limoges France | Protestant | Paris France | Family Business | WWI

Filmpreise:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Exemplary period film

Besetzung

Emmanuelle Béart	...	Pauline Pommerel
Charles Berling	...	Jean Barnery
Isabelle Huppert	...	Nathalie Barnery
Olivier Perrier	...	Philippe Pommerel
Dominique Reymond	...	Julie Desca
André Marcon	...	Paul Desca
Alexandra London	...	Louise Desca
Julie Depardieu	...	Marcelle
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing	...	Arthur Pommerel
Valérie Bonneton	...	Arthur Pommerel's wife
Pascal Bongard	...	Vouzelles
Didier Flamand	...	Guy Barnery
Jean-Baptiste Malartre	...	Frédéric Barnery
Nicolas Pignon	...	Bavouzet
Catherine Mouchet	...	Fernande

Alternativ:

Destinées, Les (USA)
Sentimental Destinies (Hong Kong: English title)

Länge:

180 Min

Produktionsland:

France | Switzerland

Sprache:

Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Argentina:13 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Drehorte:

Gare, Champigny-sur-Veude, Indre-et-Loire, France

Firma:

Arcade

Exemplary period film

This exquisite three hour film, set in France, begins at 1900 and ends around 1930, covering in the way three decades in the life of an idealistic man, Jean Barnery, who, although began as an protestant priest, ended up becoming an industrialist in his family porcelain factory. Through the life of a complex character, a full web of compromises, illusions, deceptions, tragedies, and mistakes emerges, capturing accurately the conflictual transformations of the era as a relation to the hero's personal journey. Despite its novelistic structure that sometimes diminishes its dramatic power through big time lapses, the film manages to retain its own life and conviction through careful development of its main ideas that pervade the whole story: The unavoidable compromises, the vicissitudes of life, the difficulty in applying your ideals, the emotional fulfillment and the problems of commitment, the futility of things. Easy answers are not provided, sometimes questions are more important. Exquisitely directed by the talented Olivier Assayas, and wonderfully performed (Emanuelle Beart and Charles Berling give subtle and nuanced performances, capturing perfectly the transitions in their characters' emotional state) the film, contrary to other period pieces, never lags despite the length. A must see for people interested in a serious piece of filmmaking.