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Release year: 2003

Storyline

In 1968 Paris, film-loving twins Theo and Isabelle befriend American student Matthew during student protests. While their parents travel, they pull him into a month of sensual exploration, until reality intrudes.

Top credits

Directors

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writers

Gilbert Adair

Cast

Michael Pitt — Matthew
Louis Garrel — Theo
Eva Green — Isabelle
Anna Chancellor — Mother

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Did you know

• The scene where Isabelle's hair catches fire happened unplanned. Eva Green was supposed to lean forward and kiss Matthew goodnight, but accidentally caught her hair on fire on the candle on the table. She didn't let it worry her, and acted so natural that Bernardo Bertolucci decided to leave it in, as he felt it perfectly anticipated the theme that things are about to get a bit crazy.

• To make the actors feel comfortable and natural in the film's nude scenes, the director Bernardo Bertolucci would encourage them to be totally nude long before the actual shot so they could get used to be naked around each other. Source: Director's commentary on DVD

• Eva Green's credited film debut. She previously appeared in Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher (2001) but was uncredited.