Entre Nous (film)

Entre Nous ("Between Us"; also known as Coup de foudre) is a 1983 French biographical drama film directed by Diane Kurys, who shares the writing credits with Olivier Cohen. Set in the France of the mid 20th century, the film stars Isabelle Huppert, Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Christine Pascal, Denis Lavant and Dominique Lavanant. Coup de Foudre means "love at first sight".

For the song by Rush with the same title, see Entre Nous (Rush song).
Entre Nous
French film poster for Entre Nous
Directed byDiane Kurys
Written byOlivier Cohen (book)
Diane Kurys (book)
Alain Le Henry
Produced byAriel Zeitoun
StarringMiou-Miou
Isabelle Huppert
Guy Marchand
CinematographyBernard Lutic
Edited byJoële Van Effenterre
Music byLuis Enríquez Bacalov
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 6 April 1983 (1983-04-06)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Plot

In France in 1942 a young Jewish woman, Léna, is interned by the Vichy authorities and risks deportation to Nazi Germany. Michel, one of the guards, offers to save her by marrying her. They escape on foot over the Alps to Italy. After the war they settle in Lyon, where Michel opens a garage and Léna has two daughters with him. At a school event she meets another mother, Madeleine, married with one son. The two women become close friends and the two husbands get along with each other, though both men are secretly jealous of the bond their wives share.

Madeleine has a brief affair with her former art teacher, for which Léna lends her flat. Unfortunately, Michel comes home at lunchtime and finds the guilty couple. This turns him against Madeleine, and Léna's friendship with her. The two women were planning to open a dress shop, which Michel says he will finance provided it is without Madeleine, who has gone off to Paris. Taking a night train to go and see her, Léna has a sexual encounter with a soldier, her first experience apart from Michel and very enjoyable. In Paris, the two women dance and get drunk in a night club and fall into bed together.

But Léna has not realised the fragility of Madeleine, who is placed in a mental hospital and then released to the care of her parents. Going to see her, Léna takes her out to show her the new dress shop. Unfortunately, Michel drops in and on seeing Madeleine there smashes the place up. Léna takes Madeleine and their children away to a rented house beside the sea, where Michel turns up trying for reconciliation but with no success. An end caption says that Léna never met her husband again and Madeleine died later.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Entre Nous has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 8.3/10.[1]

Won

Nominated
  • Academy Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film[2]
  • César Awards
    • Best Actor – Supporting Role (Guy Marchand)
    • Best Actress – Leading Role (Miou-Miou)
    • Best Film
    • Best Screenplay – Original (Diane Kurys and Alain Le Henry)

See also

References
  1. "At First Sight - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
  2. "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
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