A pornographic relationship
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A pornographic relationship |
| Original title | Une liaison pornographique |
| Country of production |
France Belgium Luxembourg Switzerland |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frédéric Fonteyne |
| script | Philippe blow band |
| production |
Patrick Quinet Claude Waringo |
| music |
André Dziezuk Marc Mergen Jeannot Sanavia |
| camera | Virginie Saint-Martin |
| cut | Chantal Hymans |
| occupation | |
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A pornographic relationship is an international co-production of a love film by Frédéric Fonteyne from 1999.
action
An interviewer independently questions a woman and a man about their relationship, which the woman calls "a pornographic relationship". Both met through an advertisement - the woman said she had posted it in a newspaper, while the man claims to have read it in a sex magazine. Both wrote to each other, stating that they had sent a photo of themselves with the first letter. However, she says she has never seen him before.
The first meeting takes place in a café. She has already booked a room in a hotel not far from the café, which initially irritates him. Both sleep together in the hotel, even if neither of them give the interviewer any details. Even about sex at the meeting a week later, both do not want to comment in more detail. Their relationship then takes a turn: he invites her to dinner for the evening. You talk for a while and spontaneously decide to go back to the hotel. She refuses his offer to drive her home afterwards.
The relationship goes on for the next six months (his statement) or three to four months (her statement). They meet on Thursdays every week, but he admits that he got used to them over time. He no longer sees only her beauty, but also her flaws. At one of the usual meetings, she suggests a change: she wants him to lie down during sex. He agrees and they both have an orgasm together for the first time - she says, whereas he felt like a failure. When they split up after that day, she cries. She is unclear about her feelings and feels lost, according to her explanation. The next time they meet, he is angry. He doesn't understand why she left crying the last time without giving him the opportunity to do something about her situation. Both argue, but still end up in the hotel. They then split up, and she explains that she doesn't know if she will appear again in the next week. He lets her go, but then realizes that he will lose her if she doesn't come: he doesn't know her name or where she lives. He runs after her, but can no longer catch up with her. When she appears the following week at the agreed time, he is happy. They start kissing in front of the hotel room. Their togetherness is disturbed in the hotel room by old Joseph Lignaux, who made a mistake in the room number. Shortly afterwards, Lignaux collapses in the hotel corridor and she and he call an ambulance. Because they promised Joseph, they visit him in the hospital. Although Joseph did not want his wife to be informed, Madame Lignaux is already in the hospital when they both arrive. She tells them that her husband was always unfaithful and that is why she left him. It is enough for them to know that he is still alive. If he dies, she will shoot herself shortly afterwards. He and she later discuss whether she meant it, and he doesn't believe it. Later she reads in the newspaper that Madame Lignaux committed suicide. He is surprised that he misjudged her.
When she meets again, she doesn't want to go to the hotel, but she still wants to be with him. She confesses that she loves him and he breaks down in tears, touched. They go to the hotel and bathe together, while he caresses her with his foot until she comes. Both ask each other time to think about whether they want to enter into a mutual relationship. Although he decided to live with her on the day of the meeting, he believes he reads rejection in her eyes. He therefore rejects a mutual relationship. She, in turn, was determined to fight for a relationship but believes that he is right when he doesn't give the relationship a chance. She too now agrees to part ways. Both go to the hotel one last time, but do not give the interviewer any further details. The interviewer asks both of them whether their refusal was wrong, but both are sure that they did the right thing. She never looked for him and even saw him once on the street, but did not draw attention to herself: their relationship was over, but her feelings for him were still too strong.
production
A pornographic relationship was filmed in Paris . It was the second feature film that director Frédéric Fonteyne made after Max et Bobo . Anne Schotte created the costumes and Véronique Sacrez designed the film . The film premiered on September 4, 1999 at the Venice International Film Festival and opened in French cinemas on the same day, where it was seen by 130,202 visitors. On April 13, 2000, the film was released in German cinemas and was released on DVD in 2011.
criticism
The film-dienst called Eine pornographic Relationship a “sensitively staged, brilliantly played two-person piece that observes the protagonists closely without ever adopting a voyeuristic perspective in image and word”. For Cinema , the film was “a melancholy intimate play of oppressive intensity ".
Awards
At the 1999 Venice International Film Festival, Nathalie Baye won the Coppa Volpi for Best Actress. Sergí Lopez received the Pasinetti Award for Best Actor. The film also ran in the competition for the Golden Lion . Nathalie Baye was nominated for a European Film Award for Best Actress in 1999.
In 2000 the film was nominated for a Joseph Plateau Award for Best Picture and Frédéric Fonteyne received a nomination for Best Belgian Director. At the British Independent Film Awards 2000 , the film received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Independent Film . The Film Critics Circle of Australia nominated A Pornographic Relationship for the 2001 FCCA Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Web links
- A pornographic relationship in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Materials for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ A pornographic relationship on allocine.fr
- ↑ A pornographic relationship. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Angela Zierwo: A pornographic relationship . cinema.de, accessed on February 2, 2014.