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Behind the Curtains: Revisiting Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers (2003)
- Eva Green’s iconic breakthrough performance.
- Drenched in classic film references (Hitchcock, Godard, Chaplin).
- Bold, uncensored exploration of art, youth, and taboo.
- Stunning cinematography by Fabio Cianchetti.
Why the Film Endures
- Cinema as refuge and identity: The siblings treat film as a language for feeling and rebellion.
- Sexual exploration and power dynamics: The trio’s experiments reveal immature attempts to control intimacy and reality.
- Political horizon: The May 1968 protests loom as an external rupture the characters largely fail to fully engage with, underscoring their insularity.
Set in Paris during the turbulent student riots of May 1968, the film follows Matthew (Michael Pitt), a reserved, clean-cut American exchange student. He crosses paths with a pair of enigmatic, fiercely co-dependent French twins, Isabelle (Eva Green) and Théo (Louis Garrel), at a protest regarding the removal of Henri Langlois from the Cinémathèque Française.