The Dreamers (2003)

This movie always give me the chills. It's SO well acted, directed, the soundtrack is great,... It's just different, I don't know how to say it. It's not an 'average Joe' kind of movie. I really dare to say it is art. The only sad thing is that I don't really understand what it's actually about, there isn't a consensus. Apart from that, it's one of my favorite movies.

I really enjoyed this fine making of a good cinema which added a final touch to its art of expression. It was fascinating to see how conservatively educated american (mathew) adjusts to the life of Theo and Isabelle finally loosing all of their innocence.Be strong enough to understand the situations that the characters find themselves in, that is the reality of the outer world. The characters are finely portrayed, as they almost talk about all the subjects of thoughts not shying away from any controversies. This move gets deeper and deeper and characters get more and more complex.The Dreamers is all about complex characters in vividity to life. Strictly for Artistic lovers.

The movie is set against a backdrop of the 1968 student rebellion in France. What a storm in a tea-cup. And on the DVD, endless extras regarding this non-event. Don't bother to watch, they needn't have bothered to include. The two male leads I just didn't like. But as for Mademoiselle Eva Green, ooh la la! Now there's one to fly the tricolor up high! Without her delightful presence here, I wouldn't have bothered even thinking about this movie. With her in it, as beautiful as she is, well, I don't mind the otherwise seriously flawed bits too much.Her nude scenes are just absolutely mesmerizing, with a close-up of her fluffy region, even. Her breasts are full, her cups overflow, she is most charming. And glorious as she is, she is as nature made her. That's best of all!Bernardo Bertolucci gave the world LAST TANGO IN Paris, and if they had stuck to the original novel, I hear it would have been just exactly that, a last tango in Paris, as the original story ended in tragedy. He also made not only STEALING BEAUTY, but made a star out of Liv Tyler. To this day, I cannot thank him enough. The great man just needs better scripts. Hell, he works with world-class A+ stunning actresses, but the movies themselves...Sorry, Bernardo, but STEALING BEAUTY this one ain't.

It's 1968. Matthew (Michael Pitt) is an American student in Paris to study French. He ends up spending his free time watching French cinema. He meets twins Théo (Louis Garrel) and Isabelle (Eva Green) at the Cinémathèque Française protesting the firing of Henri Langlois by the government. Matthew stays with them while their parents are away. They spend all their time together and then the student riots begin.This was the first thing I saw from Eva Green and she is completely magnetic. She owns the screen. She even exceeded the veteran at the time Michael Pitt. It's a big debut. The mixing with the old film clips would have been great except I recognize only a few of them. This meanders too much for me. It's lazy hazy summer of love.