Rendez-vous (1985)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

André Téchiné

Writers:

Olivier Assayas (writer)
André Téchiné (writer)

Release Date:

15 May 1985 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A provocative erotic drama, stylishly rendered by Andre Techine, who won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this compelling investigation into the intersection of sexual and artistic passion.

Plot Keywords:

Romeo And Juliet | Sex | Theater | Sex Show | Paris

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Lambert Wilson	...	Quentin
Juliette Binoche	...	Nina / Anne Larrieux
Wadeck Stanczak	...	Paulot
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Scrutzler
Dominique Lavanant	...	Gertrude
Anne Wiazemsky	...	L'administratrice
Jean-Louis Vitrac	...	Fred
Philippe Landoulsi	...	Le régisseur
Olimpia Carlisi	...	Olimpia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Caroline Faro	...	Juliette
Katsumi Furukata
Arlette Gordon	...	La journaliste branchée
Madeleine Marie
Serge Martina	...	L'acteur de la pièce
Michèle Moretti	...	Daisy
Annie Noël
Jacques Nolot	...	Max
Patrick Pérez
Joseph Michael Roth	...	Actor

Also Known As:

André Téchiné's Rendez-Vous (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

82 min | Argentina:87 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Films A2

Trivia:

André Téchiné cast Binoche after seeing her in _La vie de famille (1985)_ .

Quotes:

Quentin: So you're going to play Juliet! The tea-or-chocolate wench wants to be a princess. Alas, it's a story about love, an emotion you're incapable of feeling. You're too shallow to imagine it, too common to understand it.

Soundtrack:

Au clair de la lune

A very young and vital Juliette Binoche carries this

Notice how the jackets of just about every video, especially the French ones, SHOUT how SEXY the movie is. In Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blue," par example, Juliette Binoche and the film are touted as being so, so sexy. But it wasn't, and neither was she. However in "Rendez- Vous" you will see a Juliette Binoche with enough sexual power to awaken a dead man-not to say that this movie is as good as Kieslowski's "Blue." It isn't, but it's not bad.

Binoche is full of energy as a provincial French girl with a flair for the stage new to the lights of gay Paree. She plays fast and loose (and natural) with the men she meets, and dodges some serious trouble before working it out with the man she really wants. Characteristically, Director André Téchiné leads us close to the dark side of sex without really offending our sensibilities.

Jean-Louis Trintignant appears in a small role that anticipates his triumphant creation as the admiring older man in Kieslowski's "Trois Couleurs: Rouge" nine years later.