Lovers (1999)
Release Year: 1999
Nation: France
Alternative Title: Amantes, Milenci, Lovers - Dogme France #1, Dogme # 5 - Lovers, Szerelmesek, Szeretők, ラヴァーズ, Kochankowie, Любовники, Ljubavnici
Director: Jean-Marc Barr
Writer: Jean-Marc Barr, Pascal Arnold
Production & Genre
Producer(s):
Companies: Bar Nothing, TF1 International, Tolodo
Genre: Drama
Awards & Similar
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Keywords
Keywords: dogme 95, illegal immigration, lovers, painter, paris, france, yugoslavia
Story
In Paris, France, Jeanne, a bookshop employee, meets Dragan, a man from Yugoslavia who's searching for a book about the Italian painter Rossetti. Despite their language barrier, they fall in love and begin an affair. Unbeknownst to Jeanne, Dragan is in the country illegally.
Summary
Lovers (1999) is a French drama directed by Jean-Marc Barr as part of the Dogme 95 movement, which aims for naturalistic filmmaking with minimal production values. The movie centers around an interracial relationship between Jeanne, a French woman working in a Paris bookshop, and Dragan, a Yugoslavian man who's in France illegally. The story explores themes of love, trust, and the immigrant experience through their passionate yet troubled affair.
