La Répétition (2001)
3.2 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
Friendship turns to love, and unrequited love leads to a dangerous obsession in this moody drama. Nathalie (Emmanuelle Beart) and Louise (Pascale Bussieres) grew up together and had been close friends since childhood, but while both were studying drama in their early twenties, their friendship went through an abrupt shift - while beautiful Nathalie enjoyed flirting with the men in her classes, Louise's interest in her best friend turned into infatuation, and when Nathalie indulged herself in a brief fling with a young actor, Louise was overcome with anger and jealousy and tried to kill herself. Nathalie was told by Louise's family that she didn't want to see her any more, and a decade passed before their paths would cross again. Louise is now married to a man named Nicolas (Sami Bouajila), and one night they go to the theater to see a touring production of a new play. To her surprise, Louise discovers the female lead is played by Nathalie; after the show, she slips backstage to say hello, and soon finds that she's as strongly attracted to Nathalie as ever - and that Nathalie is involved with Matthias (Dani Levy), the gifted but difficult playwright who wrote and directed the production. Leaving Nicolas behind, Louise follows Nathalie to Denmark, and is able to pull a few strings to get Nathalie an audition with Walter Amar (Jean-Pierre Kalfon), a well-known and well-respected theatrical director. Nathalie soon leaves Matthias' show to star in Amar's new production of Lulu, and Louise volunteers to help Nathalie as she prepares for the role. Nathalie appreciates Louise's support and friendship, but she soon begins to chafe under Louise's obsessive attention, and she wonders if history might be repeating itself. - Actors:
- Emmanuelle Béart, Pascale Bussières, Dani Levy, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Sami Bouajila, Marilu Marini, Clément Hervieu-Léger, Marc Ponette, Raphaël Neal, Sébastien Gorteau, Vincent Macaigne, Jeanne David, Daniel Isoppo, Marie-Charlotte Dutot, Marie Loboda, Martine Lapertot, David Kammenos, Philippe Crubezy, Nathalie Lacroix, Nirupama Nityanandan
- Directors:
- Catherine Corsini
- Producers:
- Philippe Martin
- Writers:
- Catherine Corsini, Marc Syrigas, Pascale Breton, Pierre Erwan Guillaume
- Aka:
- Replay
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Romance
- Collections:
- Female Filmmakers Who Changed French Cinema, Films by Genre
- Countries:
- France
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