Possibly it will alter how you view societally unacceptable relationships. Perhaps it will force you to reconsider your political outlook. What exactly it changes, however, is certainly bound to vary from person to person. For those who are willing, "The Dreamers" can be a changing experience. I suspect many people will watch "The Dreamers" already expecting to be incensed by it. As a matter of course, both stirred much controversy. Both films are frank and graphic in how they depict sex. "The Dreamers" contains three who are filled with youthful exuberance and have seemingly endless passion for things such as politics and the arts.
One can't help compare "The Dreamers" to Bertolucci's other Parisian-set exploration of erotica, "Last Tango in Paris." That film contained two lovers who were very much dead inside. If we knew whether or not this was chosen in irony, a lot would be explained. It is interesting to note the closing credits run over chanteuse Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" No, I Regret Nothing. From here, things turn slightly ambiguous and the film opts to relinquish the personal, in favor of a more political ending. Eventually, in an attempt to break Isabelle out of her self-inflicted dependency on her brother, Matthew asks her on a date, which proves to be the most joyfully innocent moment of the film. What is at work here is something much more difficult to explain. In attempting to confirm that their relationship does have some degree of limitations, Matthew questions Isabelle, receiving the chilling response, "He is always inside of me." It may be reassuring to Matthew, as well as many audience members, that no, these characters never sleep together in the literal sense. It isn't long before he is aware of the incestuous undertones constantly present in the twins' interactions with one another.
As the three take up life in their spacious Parisian flat, vacated by the twins' parents while abroad, Matthew senses that something about these two is a bit off. The film does a good job of setting up the loneliness which engulfs him in this foreign place, so we are quick to understand why he so eagerly accepts the offer to stay with French twins Isabelle and Theo Eva Green and Louis Garrel he has met at- where else?- the cinema. īoyish Michael Pitt, who is studying in Paris during the late 60s, the time of the student riots. "The Dreamers" is no exception.A must-see to all film lovers. That's a crying shame, but original films tend to be misunderstood. The ending is one of the most surprising, original and brilliant I've ever seen, but, unfortunately, not everyone will get it. The sex/full frontal scenes and amorality can shock some people, this is definitely not a film for all tastes as almost all masterpieces, but those who are open-minded and admire good cinema, will be entranced. Gilbert Adair, we can't forget, did an excellent job adapting his novel, "The Holy Innocents", to the big screens. Bertolucci is top-notch, the soundtrack is overwhelming with songs by Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Édith Piaf, among others, and the cinematography by Fabio Cianchetti is one of the best, if not the best, I've seen recently. In the background, student riots in defense of Henri Langlois and his merit on the Cinémathèque Française are breaking out on the streets.The film is superb, artistically and technically. Who doesn't know the right answer, has to do what he/she is asked to. He accepts the invitation, of course, and the threesome starts a bizarre game of seduction with a charming leitmotiv: riddles about classic films. Is invited to join the attractive duo in their apartment.
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