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Carrément à l'Ouest

  • 2001
  • 1h 37m
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6.0/10
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Carrément à l'Ouest (2001)
ComedyDrama

Alex becomes caught in a love triangle with two young girls in Paris.Alex becomes caught in a love triangle with two young girls in Paris.Alex becomes caught in a love triangle with two young girls in Paris.

  • Director
    • Jacques Doillon
  • Writer
    • Jacques Doillon
  • Stars
    • Lou Doillon
    • Caroline Ducey
    • Guillaume Saurrel
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
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    • Director
      • Jacques Doillon
    • Writer
      • Jacques Doillon
    • Stars
      • Lou Doillon
      • Caroline Ducey
      • Guillaume Saurrel
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    • 5Critic reviews
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    Lou Doillon
    Lou Doillon
    • Fred
    Caroline Ducey
    Caroline Ducey
    • Silvia
    Guillaume Saurrel
    • Alex
    Camille Clavel
    • François, the student
    Xavier Villeneuve
    • Xavier, Alex's brother
    Abdel-Hafed Benotman
    • Ben, François's friend
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    Joshua Phillips
    • Hotel clerk
    Antoine Chain
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    Arthur Chain
    • Hotel bellboy
    Aurore Giradolle
    • Girl in night-club
    Hervé Duhamel
    • Cash machine customer
    Hassan Dramé
    • 18 Arrondissement boy
    • Director
      • Jacques Doillon
    • Writer
      • Jacques Doillon
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    Huit-clos about attractions, passion and human contradictions around an impetuous young deliquent. Well played and interesting.

    The plot: Alex is young, Alex is impetuous. Alex is a drug dealer, and is sometimes afraid of women. Fred's boyfriend (I can't find his name. note: Fred is a girl) owes Alex some money. The film starts with Alex threatening him violently to get his money back. Fred is graceful, mentally strong, and complicated. Fred is disgusted by Alex. But in the same time, she's attracted by his force and the danger he represents. She will approach him, seduce him. In order to observe him from a distance, she will involve a third person: Sylvia, met in a nightclub, that she suggests to Alex, and that looks sad. The night will then continue, in a hotel suite payed by Alex, like he always do with girls he meets, between the 3 people. But this time, things will be a little less simple than usual: talk, confrontate & seduce, hesitate, cry & laugh.

    The pros: excellent comedians, psychologically plausible and brilliant (isn't Rivette exploring the human nature, and especially its passions ?). The cons: unsufficient 'mise en scene'. This is filmed like a reality show (with a numeric cam), but the plot is actually too complex to be reality. A little bit too verbous and static too (it would make a great theater play).

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2001 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Po prostu na Zachodzie
    • Filming locations
      • Nikko hotel, Paris 15e, France(interior and exterior locations)
    • Production companies
      • Diba Films
      • France 3 Cinéma
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      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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