Le bar des amants

1998 1h 30m FR

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3.7

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★3.7TMDB · 3

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Director Bruno Romy has put together a surreal, droll, and sometimes melancholy, sometimes risqué if not simply trashy series of seven vignettes on the love lives of several couples in a small village in Normandy in Northwest France. Romy has chosen former circus performers, mimes, and actors from street theater -- most of them in their first-time film roles -- to interpret these diverse and off-the-wall couples/couplings. One young mute woman finds her voice through a ventriloquist, another falls in love with a trapeze artist, and a village idiot finds a unique way to experience his first intimate sexual encounter.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bruno Romy
Edmond
Pascaline Herveet
Mia
Emmanuelle Wion
Julie
Jacques Luley
Le patron du bar

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bruno Romy
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Bruno Romy and Pascaline Herveet and Emmanuelle Wion carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0139880 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Bruno Romy directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Bruno Romy and Pascaline Herveet and Emmanuelle Wion carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0139880 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.