Matthew (Micheal Pitt)plays a 20 year old North American student who is spending a year in Paris during the protest days of 1968. He makes friends with quixotic twins Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel) and together the three live in a dream world obsessing over 1930's films. As their relationship develops they form an intimate and intense circle.
I would not say I particularly enjoyed this film, but I am glad I saw it as it was made by a highly proficient director with a team of excellent technicians and talented artists. The cinematography and editing were excellent and the actors really excelled in their parts which must have been slightly uncomfortable.
The title refers to the trio, who seem to live comfortably in a dream world thanks to money from parents and a rather large roof over their heads. The other dreamers in the movie are the political dissidents that protest in the streets of Paris against the established order in favour of Marxist Leninist ideals popular at the time.
The film is similar to Bertoluccis seminal work 'Last Tango in Paris' with regards to its explicit sexual content and erotic scenes. However, they are very artistically filmed and there is a humorous quality to them, for example when Matthew copulates with Isabelle on the kitchen floor for the first time, her brother Theo is in the background cooking fried eggs as though him being there for her first sexual encounter is the most normal thing in the world.
An interesting film by a world class filmmaker, this is worth a watch for its artistry and the unusual tapestry of characters and their relationships on display.
I would not say I particularly enjoyed this film, but I am glad I saw it as it was made by a highly proficient director with a team of excellent technicians and talented artists. The cinematography and editing were excellent and the actors really excelled in their parts which must have been slightly uncomfortable.
The title refers to the trio, who seem to live comfortably in a dream world thanks to money from parents and a rather large roof over their heads. The other dreamers in the movie are the political dissidents that protest in the streets of Paris against the established order in favour of Marxist Leninist ideals popular at the time.
The film is similar to Bertoluccis seminal work 'Last Tango in Paris' with regards to its explicit sexual content and erotic scenes. However, they are very artistically filmed and there is a humorous quality to them, for example when Matthew copulates with Isabelle on the kitchen floor for the first time, her brother Theo is in the background cooking fried eggs as though him being there for her first sexual encounter is the most normal thing in the world.
An interesting film by a world class filmmaker, this is worth a watch for its artistry and the unusual tapestry of characters and their relationships on display.