Separation (1994)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | separation |
| Original title | La separation |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christian Vincent |
| script | Christian Vincent Dan Franck |
| production | Claude Berri |
| music | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| camera |
Denis Lenoir Anne Nicolet Virginie Saint-Martin |
| cut |
François Ceppi Véronique Ilié Laurence Vanier |
| occupation | |
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Breakup is a 1994 French relationship drama directed by Christian Vincent .
action
It's February: Anne and Pierre have lived together for many years. They are not married but have a 15 month old son, Loulou. Pierre, who works as a book illustrator, bought a video camera to film Loulou with. With Anne he goes to a restaurant and to the cinema, where they both watch Roberto Rossellini's Europa 51 . When Pierre wants to take Anne's hand, she withdraws it after a short time. She evades his questions at home, but Pierre suspects that their relationship is in crisis. He meets up with his good friend Claire, who reassures him that there is a crisis in many relationships. After attending a birthday party together, Anne opens up to Pierre that she has fallen in love with another man. Pierre reacts calmly and tries to explain to Anne in the evening what he felt and what went through his head on the way home. He tries to understand her sudden rejection, but Anne only says that there are many little things that have set them apart. Her new boyfriend will pay more attention to her and talk to her more.
Some time passed and Pierre suffered more and more from the pending relationship. In an interview with his friend Victor, he says that waiting makes him sick because he and Anne have not talked about their relationship since that evening and have since pretended nothing had happened. When Anne tells him one day that she will be eating out with her boyfriend the next evening, Pierre makes it clear to her that he never wants to see him and will not be there when she gets ready for the evening. He tries to explain to her that the burden that she has got rid of with her discussion of their new relationship has in a way passed on to him, but he can hardly express his feelings in adequate words. Although their relationship threatens to fail, they both continue to see each other as a couple in front of their friends Claire and Victor. The four of them go to a house in the country where they want to spend the summer time. There is a dispute between Anne and Pierre about nothing. Back in Paris, they are invited to Claire and Victor who tell them that they want to get married. Pierre is upset and wants to know the reason, but there is no compelling one. When Anne welcomes the couple's decision, Pierre reacts cynically. Upon renewed allegations, Pierre tells her to leave. In fact, she leaves the house and Pierre cannot stop her. She stays away for the night and Pierre is waiting for her. When she appears at dawn, Pierre demands a decision from her: if she loves the other man, she should move out, if not, stay. She refuses to make this decision, even if he can no longer deal with the unclear situation. There are fights at the end of which Pierre moves out of the shared bedroom.
Pierre meets with Victor and later spends the afternoon with Loulou. When he comes home, Anne reacts with accusations that otherwise he hardly looked after their child. Pierre is shocked to learn that she has already spoken to a lawyer and that in the event of separation, the child will live with Anne. She makes it clear to him that he will only see Loulou on the weekends. A lawyer that Pierre visits confirms Anne's testimony. Anne secretly brings Loulou to her mother and visits him shortly after hearing about it. Pierre attacks her outraged and they both fight in the courtyard of their house. Anne says she wanted to spare Loulou exactly these scenes.
A few weeks later - Loulou will soon be 18 months old - Pierre has accepted that he will not be an essential part of Loulou's life in the future. He meets Anne in their shared apartment and makes it clear to her that he should not move out, but that he will go. Both go to a bar. Pierre admits to Anne that he was initially afraid that he would be seamlessly replaced by the other man after moving out. She reassures him that she has separated from the other man. Back at the apartment, Pierre says goodbye at the door. He doesn't want to come in or see Loulou either. The couple's nanny later sees Pierre standing on the street, disoriented. He got lost on the way to the train station and later desperately tries to get a taxi, but all the cars drive past him. Mentally at the end he continues to the train station.
production
Separation is based on Dan Franck's novel La séparation . The writer was also involved in the script for the film. The film was released in French cinemas on November 9, 1994. It premiered in Germany on July 23, 1997 .
criticism
For the film service , the separation was “a relationship drama captured with cool precision that takes into account the perspectives of both parties” and “outstandingly dramatic”. "Sensitive and oppressive chamber play", Cinema summarized the film.
Awards
Separation received two César nominations in 1995 : Daniel Auteuil and Isabelle Huppert were nominated in the categories of Best Actor and Best Actress . In 1999, Separation received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Satellite Awards .
Web links
- Separation in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Separation in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Separation. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de