Douches froides (2005)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Antony Cordier

Writers:

Antony Cordier (writer)
Julie Peyr (adaptation)

Release Date:

22 June 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The story of three teenagers: a beautiful girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, one rich...

Plot Keywords:

Judo | Beach | Father Son Relationship | Coming Of Age | Vomit Scene

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Johan Libéreau	...	Mickael
Salomé Stévenin	...	Vanessa
Florence Thomassin	...	Annie
Jean-Philippe Écoffey	...	Gérard
Claire Nebout	...	Mathilde Steiner
Aurélien Recoing	...	Louis Steiner
Pierre Perrier	...	Clément
Camille Japy	...	Isabelle
Denis Falgoux	...	Philippe
Magali Woch	...	Natacha
Dominique Cabrera	...	L'infirmière
Sarah Pratt	...	Examinatrice bac
Julie Boulanger	...	Petite amie de Clément
Zoé Beau	...	Emilie
Jean-Charles Dumay	...	Docteur Imbert

Also Known As:

Cold Showers (International: English title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Belgium:KT | Netherlands:12 | Hungary:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France

Company:

Why Not Productions

Movie Connections:

Features Ma 6-T va crack-er (1997)

The school of the flesh

This movie is modern up to the bones: it's themes (solitude, adolescence, couple, discovering of the self), it's directing (cool, distant, objective and full of human truth), acting (the two main characters, but also the non-leading ones), the music (a sort of pop-psycho-rock, very deep and touching), all of this concures to give us a wonderful movie. It shows marvelously the evolution, but also the dissolution, of a young boy towards maturity. The relations between the self and the others, the discovering of the flesh, the torment and the solitude of the soul, all of this builds up towards the end, which is a cry of loneliness. But the life restarts, and we know that life is not a tragedy but eternal repetition: the hero gets back into reality, more human and stronger. This first movie is promising for the future of Antony Cordier. There is however a little critique to be made to the movie. It is too obvious sometimes: it is clear that the director wants to concentrate on the bodies, on the physical aspect of reality. There is a great pleasure in this, and every modern film-maker and film-lover knows it. The danger is not to fall into the extremes. The movie runs this risk, but it holds well overall. I'm already looking forward to seeing it again. The ending is brilliant, and the song on the back is tormenting!