Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.Pierre ( Dpardieu ) lives with his mother in Normandy, not far from the banks of the Seine River where Victor Hugo s daughter drowned with her lover.The good-looking mother and son are happy, healthy, and wealthy, and they love each other deeply.Pierre is romantically attached to the beautiful and delicate Lucie ( Delphine Chuillot ) and visits her every morning with the motorcycle he has inherited from his father.
One summer night, his mother tells him that she has chosen a date for his wedding. Overexcited, Pierre rushes through the night to break the news to Lucie. As he is speeding down the road, a strange creature with a familiar face suddenly leaps from the dark. Pierre is shocked, but he decides to believe her and make up for the mistake of his father. The film took its inspiration from Herman Melville s Pierre, or, the Ambiguities, which Carax read when he was 18, the same age as the hero of the story. The first part of the film sets an idyllic tone with a fairy tale atmosphere of life among the rich and beautiful. This is in sharp contrast to the world Pierre plunges into when he meets Isabelle ( Katerina Golubeva ), who claims to be his half-sister. ![]() ![]() This is a highly stylized film that is at times reminiscent of German expressionism. It is constructed in opposites: black and white, high and low, good and bad. Carax tries to introduce a new film language, often at the expense of the emotional quality of the film. ![]() Golubeva exudes a certain magic in depicting the half-real, half-imaginary character of a vulnerable and somewhat lost Madonna. The title is an acronym of the French title of Melville s book, Pierre, ou, les Ambiguites. The film screened in competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
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