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The tumultuous political landscape of Paris in 1968 serves as the backdrop for a tale about three young cineastes who are drawn together through their passion for film. Matthew, an American exchange student, pursuing his education abroad in Paris, becomes friends with a French brother and sister duo, named Theo and Isabelle, who share a common love of the cinema. While the May 1968 Paris student riots--which... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Drama and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 55 min. |
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| Release Date: |
February 6th, 2004 (LA/NY) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
NC-17 for explicit sexual content. |
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| Distributors: |
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$2,531,462 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"Even if you are too old or too young to have been part of that soaring and sometimes silly '60s zeitgeist, Bertolucci's glimpse of those heady times is intoxicating." more...
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B+ |
Boston Globe, Ty Burr
"...it's funny, affecting, interestingly twisted, and seriously erotic before it heads south in the final stretch." more...
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B |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"The film is extraordinarily beautiful. Bertolucci is one of the great painters of the screen." more...
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A |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"...The Dreamers is ablaze with poetry and danger, and suffused with an odd kind of intellectual kitsch." more...
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A- |
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