À nos amours
With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching A NOUS AMOURS is one of his greatest achievements.
In a revelatory film debut, the dynamic, fresh-faced Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a fifteen-year-old Parisian who embarks on a sexual rampage in an effort to separate herself from her overbearing, beloved father (played with astonishing magnetism by Pialat himself), ineffectual mother, and brutish brother.
A tender character study that can erupt in startling violence, A NOUS AMOURS is one of the high-water marks of eighties French cinema.
Nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Running Time
101 mins
Year
1983
Kanopy ID
1113403
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