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The Dreamers

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Starring:

Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Pierre Leaud

Director:

Bernardo Bertolucci

Release Date:

February 6th, 2004 (LA/NY).

MPAA Rating:

NC 17.

Distributor:

Fox Searchlight

Based On:

The novel, "The Holy Innocents", by Gilbert Adair, who also wrote the screenplay.

Description:

Left alone in Paris whilst their parents are on holiday, Isabelle (Eva Green) and her brother Theo (Louis Garrel) invite Matthew (Michael Pitt), a young American student, to stay at their apartment. Here they make their own rules as they experiment with their emotions and sexuality while playing a series of increasingly demanding mind games. [p}Set against the turbulent political backdrop of France in the spring of 1968 when the voice of youth was reverberating around Europe, "The Dreamers" is a story of self-discovery as the three students test each other to see just how far they will go.

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