Toutes les nuits is a French film made by Eugène Green in 2001. If you enjoy films by Éric Rohmer, as I do, you will love this one. Eugène Green was born in the USA but chose to become (thoroughly) French when he was 28. In my view, he is an excellent successor to Rohmer who died in 2010. In the film, as in others, he puts in a small cameo appearance as a café owner, see below.
The film tells the rich story about the coming of age of two childhood friends, Henri and Jules. Henri has a well-off bourgeois family and goes off to study in Paris while Jules stays behind in the village.
They keep in touch by post and their lives touch occasionally. The story starts in 1967 and covers most of the 1970's. The scenes relating to the 1968 revolt are particularly amusing, and the 'revolution' is made fun of. For example, in Jule's village, there are less than 5 students in a manifestation that is broken up by a posse of 2 CRS.
The prologue mentions that the film is based on the book L'éducation sentimentale by Gustave Flaubert.
A beautiful film that I will definitely will want to watch again.
☆☆☆☆☆
PS An interesting take on Green's baroque films can be found in this article.
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| Eugene Green |
The film tells the rich story about the coming of age of two childhood friends, Henri and Jules. Henri has a well-off bourgeois family and goes off to study in Paris while Jules stays behind in the village.
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| Jules and Henri |
They keep in touch by post and their lives touch occasionally. The story starts in 1967 and covers most of the 1970's. The scenes relating to the 1968 revolt are particularly amusing, and the 'revolution' is made fun of. For example, in Jule's village, there are less than 5 students in a manifestation that is broken up by a posse of 2 CRS.
The prologue mentions that the film is based on the book L'éducation sentimentale by Gustave Flaubert.
A beautiful film that I will definitely will want to watch again.
☆☆☆☆☆
PS An interesting take on Green's baroque films can be found in this article.
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