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Pola X (1999)
Synopsis
Pierre, a young man of privilege, whose anonymously-published novel is a hit and who's about to marry his blond cousin, Lucie, abandons all when a dark-haired vagrant tells him her secret late one night in the woods: that she is Isabelle, his sister, abandoned by their father.
Pierre breaks off with Lucie and his doting mother, heading for Paris with Isabelle, intent on knowing the dark side of human nature.
He begins a novel, sending chapters under a pseudonym to his publisher; his relationship with Isabelle moves beyond the fraternal; and, in winter, the frail Lucie comes to live with them. Family jealousies mount, and Pierre may have discovered despair instead of the truth.
Cast: Guillaume Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Yekaterina Golubeva, Delphine Chuillot, Laurent Lucas, Patachou, Petruta Catana, Mihaella Silaghi, Sharunas Bartas, Samuel Dupuy
Cannes (In Competition), New York, San Sebastián (Retrospective), Vancouver, Locarno (Filmmakers of the Present), Locarno (Premi speciali: Leos Carax), Melbourne (Leos Carax: The Last Romantic)
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Read about this film
Title: Pola X (1999)
Directed by: Léos Carax
Date of birth: 22 November 1960, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Writing credits:
Jean-Pol Fargeau, Léos Carax, Lauren Sedofsky, Herman Melville
Music by: Scott Walker
Country: Germany | Switzerland | France | Japan
Language: French
Color: Color
Runtime: 134 min.
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