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Romance
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Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   4,520 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Catherine Breillat (scenario and dialogue)
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Release Date:
14 April 1999 (Belgium) more
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Tagline:
Love is desolate. Romance is temporary. Sex is forever.
Plot:
Although deeply in love with her boyfriend - and indeed sleeping in the same bed with him - a schoolteacher... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Not as dreadful as you've read, but too much TALK. more (114 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Caroline Ducey ... Marie
Sagamore Stévenin ... Paul
François Berléand ... Robert
Rocco Siffredi ... Paolo
Reza Habouhossein ... Man on stairs
Ashley Wanninger ... Ashley
Emma Colberti ... Charlotte
Fabien de Jomaron ... Claude
Carla ... Model
Pierre Maufront ... Photographer
Antoine Amador ... Hairdresser
Roman Rouzier ... Echography technician
Oliver Buchette ... Head doctor (as Olivier Buchette)
Emmanuelle N'Guyen ... Midwife (as Emmanuelle N'guyen)
Nadia Latoui ... Nurse
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Romance X (poster title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and strong sexual content including dialogue.
Runtime:
84 min | USA:99 min (unrated version)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:R (reclassification) | Australia:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (uncut) (DVD rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Japan:R-18 | Singapore:(Banned) | Argentina:18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (cut US version) | Canada:A (Alberta) | Canada:R (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:XXX (Nova Scotia) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:(Banned) | Italy:VM18 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | South Korea:18 (original rating) (cut) | South Korea:Limited (re-release) (uncut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated
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While it was passed uncut for theatrical release in the UK, a one-second cut was made for its video release. more
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Factual errors: At the end of the movie, Marie feels she'll give birth soon, so she tries to wake up Paul. During this scene she moves in a way which is impossible for a woman in her state of pregnancy. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Marie: I gave my son his father's name. If someone up there counts souls, then we're even.
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18 out of 26 people found the following review useful.
Not as dreadful as you've read, but too much TALK., 3 November 1999
4/10
Author: Darragh O' Donoghue (hitch1899_@hotmail.com) from Dublin, Ireland

Men hate it. Probably because it's not quite the pornography its detractors accuse it of. Women love it. Because it restores a woman's voice to the erotic? It also offers insultingly implausible solutions to genuine traumas; lacks the empathetic courage to embrace the dreamlike possibilities of its heroine's quest; and suggests motherhood as a woman's most fulfilling role. The film only becomes dull in the second half, and is more amusing than you might think, but the dreary visuals, trite metaphors, unimaginative use of voiceover and dialogue, and self-pitying acting soon become enervating.

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