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Director:
Cédric Klapisch
Screenplay: Cédric Klapisch
Cast:
Xavier: Romain Duris
Martine: Audrey Tautou
Anne-Sophie: Judith Godrèche
Isabelle: Cécile de France
Awards: Best Young Actress (Cécile de France),
César Awards (2003)
Running time: 129 minutes
Year of production: France - 2000
Rating: Restricted (language, sexual content)
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
Distributor: Criterion Pictures USA
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“The
characters, searching for romance and a good time, wander
through Barcelona’s glamorous ochre streets, across
the Gaudi pavilions, the sun-drenched piazzas ; the movie
is as much a love letter to the heratic pleasures of Barcelona
as the New Wave films were to the endless social and intellectual
enchantments of Paris.” David Denby | The New Yorker |
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Twenty-five-year
old economics student Xavier travels to Barcelona to study
as part of ‘Erasmus’, a European exchange program.
His first days are rough, not only because he has left his
girlfriend behind, but also because he faces all the difficulties
of moving to a new country, from the inability to express
himself in Catalan to the frustration of finding an apartment.
He finally settles in with six other students from all over
Europe, including Spain, Germany, Belgium, England and Italy.
Together, they go on a series of adventures. Barcelona, one
of Europe’s most dynamic cities, is the perfect place
for wild parties, tumultuous love affairs and emerging friendships.
Through these tribulations, Xavier finds his place in this
multicultural, global era. Cédric Klapisch’s cinematic
inventions, along with his use of a digital camera and varied
music selection make for a highly energetic, discombobulated
comedy that reflects both the modern world and the lives of
soul-searching young adults.
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