COLD WATER - BLU

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• Release Year: 1994
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: An acclaimed early work by Olivier Assayas, the long-unavailable, deeply felt coming-of-age drama Cold Water can at last be seen in the United States. Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles (Cyprien Fouquet) and Christine (Virginie Ledoyen), whose rebellions against family and society threaten to tear them apart. The visceral realism of the movie’s narrative and the near experimentalism of its camera work come together effortlessly thanks in part to a rock soundtrack that vividly evokes the period. Cold Water, whose centerpiece is one of the most memorable party sequences ever committed to film, is a heartbreaking immersion in the emotional tumult of being young.
• Cast: Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Dominique Faysse, Smaïl Mekki, Jackie Berroyer, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Ilona Györi, Renée Amzallag, Jérôme Simonin, Laetitia Lemerle, Alexandra Yonnet, Caroline Doron, Laetitia Giraud, Marguerite Vial, Julien Legros, Mathieu Mardoukhaev, Lorànt Deutsch, Olivier Assayas
• Director: Olivier Assayas
• Runtime: 1:35
• Company: Pan Européenne Distribution, IMA Productions [IMA Films], Sofica Sofinergie 5 [FCM], Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie