Boy Meets Girl

Movie

1984

1h 44m

French

Drama, Romance

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6.8

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Watch on The Criterion Channel

Boy Meets Girl

Movie

1984

1h 44m

French

Drama, Romance

Watch on The Criterion Channel

Paris by night. Alex, 22, wants to become a filmmaker. He is fascinated by first times and his girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. First break-up, first attempted murder: Alex tries to strangle Thomas, but gives up and wanders the streets. That evening, Mireille, a girl from provincial France who has come up to Paris to make commercials, is left by her boyfriend. Alex witnesses this separation. These two tormented souls run into each other at a party.

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Cast

Alex

Mireille

Helen

Maite

Thomas

Pimpernelle

Henri Bestouches

Florence

Student

Bouriana

Neighbor

Neighbor

Cosmonaut

Twins

Frédérique Charbonneau

L'interprète

Roberto Benavente

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Directed By: Leos Carax

Written By: Leos Carax

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manicure says...

3 years ago

The charm of “Boy Meets Girl” lies in the contrast between the remarkably old-looking presentation and the auteur’s juvenile and punkish sensibility. Nouvelle vague-influenced editing aside, the film’s aesthetics and stilted acting root back in the silent age. Yet, the protagonist incarnates the restlessness and anxieties of the classic late 80s young dreamer, who reads old poetry under a tree and then shoves his trivial love troubles to your face as matters of national security. The poetic tone of the single images is captivating indeed, although the movie as a whole tends to be a little too naive and drawn-out to keep its audience entertained until the end.

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dgw says...

9 years ago

45 minutes in, I still have almost no idea what's happening. But I've had my fill of bad foley, bad editing, obvious splices where part of a shot was replaced with a different take, poor dialogue sync, a scene where half the French dialogue wasn't even subtitled, poor dialogue replacement (including some places where characters continued talking even though their lips weren't moving)… This film might be brilliant, but I just see a lump of coal. The technical flaws could be excused if it had been made a few decades earlier, at least. But unless something drastically changes in the next 58 minutes I won't have anything to say but: "Don't bother." Edit: It did not get better, except for about ten minutes just after the halfway mark. Oh well.

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