
Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and country veterinarian Serge, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends his father packing from France to Africa and nearly destroys his mother, who clings to her remaining child Nadine--and her devoted neighbor Marcel. Several years later, having relocated to the city, the police investigator who handled the case meets a Paris rent-boy whom he believes is the ... (Full plot summary below)
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Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and country veterinarian Serge, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends his father packing from France to Africa and nearly destroys his mother, who clings to her remaining child Nadine--and her devoted neighbor Marcel. Several years later, having relocated to the city, the police investigator who handled the case meets a Paris rent-boy whom he believes is the missing Olivier. Once he returns to his rural home, the teenage Olivier tries to assuage his mother's now-entrenched grief and heal the rift between his reunited parents. Meanwhile, he must overcome his brooding adolescent sister's jealousy and doubts about his identity and reconcile his sleazy street life with his picturesque new surroundings. Questions about the tight-lipped Olivier's true motivations continue to crop up, however, threatening to send his mother over the edge for good.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatExplores the subterranean emotions which can keep a family together or tear them apart |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenPart fairy tale, part psychodrama, Olivier Olivier is strong, unsettling stuff. Holland is a filmmaker who looks deep into the twisted heart of love and won't settle for easy answers. |
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonAfter her breakthrough in Europa, Europa, Agnieszka Holland emerges in Olivier Olivier as among the most watchable of contemporary filmmakers. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt rips into the nuclear family without any mercy, and in such a pitiless fashion like the way Chabrol operates. |
| User ReviewMonika TI only seen it once, 6 years ago but it made so big impression on me that I will never forget about it. |
| User ReviewAnna Hsaw this in 92 have never forgot it heartwrenching |
| User ReviewPrivate UIt's a really interesting film (even if the twist ending isn't very shocking) but it takes a serious misstep in including this strange, magical element with daughter, and is filled with some Freudian undertones that clog the plot. |
| User ReviewCheryl SOk this was my favorite movie for a long time. Still up there. Still the first one to roll off my tongue. A potent dose of magic realism, mystery and psychological melodrama. Gregoirie Colin and Marina Golovine are kinetic. Holland's most even-handed and best work. |
| User ReviewHernán BI just saw it again, after many, many years. Every piece is beautifully put together. One of my all time dearest film. |
| User ReviewGabriel KA strangely haunting tale of family dysfunction that lingers in your mind long after the movie is over. |