Les témoins (2007)

Note Générale:

6,9/10   

Réalisateur:

André Téchiné

Scénaristes:

André Téchiné (scenario, adaptation and dialogue) and
Laurent Guyot (scenario, adaptation and dialogue) ...

Date de sortie:

7 mars 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.

Plot Keywords:

Gay | AIDS | Death | Opera Singer | Doctor

Récompenses:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Pushed some buttons for me

Ensemble

Michel Blanc	...	Adrien
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Sarah
Sami Bouajila	...	Mehdi
Julie Depardieu	...	Julie
Johan Libéreau	...	Manu
Constance Dollé	...	Sandra
Lorenzo Balducci	...	Steve
Alain Cauchi	...	Sheriff
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
David Barbas	...	Medhi's colleague
Xavier Beauvois	...	L'éditeur
Raphaëline Goupilleau	...	La mère de Julie et Manu
Jacques Nolot	...	Le patron de l'hôtel
Maïa Simon	...	La mère de Sarah
Bertrand Soulier	...	Doctor #1

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Witnesses (International: English title)

Durée:

112 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14 | Taiwan:R-12 | Argentina:16

Lieux de tournage:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Société:

UGC Distribution

Goofs:

Anachronismes: In some scenes in the streets of Paris, you can see a couple Renault Twingo parked by the sidewalk. This model was first introduced in 1993.

Connexions:

Références La femme publique (1984)

Bande son:

Qual favellar? ... Abderò, volerò, griderò

Pushed some buttons for me

I agree with some of these comments. By 1984 I thought we were more familiar with AIDS...maybe 82 is the year this should be set. My main gripe was the unconvincing make up Manu wears, and the way he doesn't lose weight. What was so shocking and devastating for those of us growing up with the onset of AIDS was running into people who were gorgeous, fit young and beautiful. Next time you saw them their faces were blemished, their bodies wasted, emaciated, skeletal like. I recall bareley recognising a young lad who'd once been a fixture on the scene. So the scenes where Manu is nursed through the terminal stages were less than convincing and left me somewhat unmoved. Otherwise its worth seeing and its sex positive, uplifting, life affirming attitude is a welcome riposte to Hollywoods schlocky treatment of the subject.