
1968 and 1969 in Paris during and after the student and trade-union revolt. 20-year-old François is a poet dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself, and they fall in love. A year passes; François continues to wr... (Full plot summary below)
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1968 and 1969 in Paris during and after the student and trade-union revolt. 20-year-old François is a poet dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself, and they fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?
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| Time OutBen WaltersIt's clearly an intensely personal project for the director, who was 20 himself in '68 (and shooting the riot police in 35mm) and has also cast his father Maurice and the music of his partner Nico. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyGarrel gives an original artistic form to his rueful view of his own youthful illusions. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoNot much happens, but the director keeps our attention nevertheless. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisWhile the film’s desperately sad finale indicates that Philippe Garrel knows the truth of '68 better than most and might have suffered a crisis in faith in the years since, this magnificent film is itself proof that all was not lost. |
| GuardianPhilip FrenchIt's a lethargic, meandering picture that takes a largely uncritical view of its narcissistic characters. |
| Film Comment MagazineMichael ChaikenGarrel's latest, Regular Lovers, is a sublimely beautiful black-and-white 35mm epic. |
| AV ClubNoel MurrayRegular Lovers isn't a folly-of-youth story that aches with emotion, like Au Revoir, Les Enfants or The Squid And The Whale. It's drier, and simpler. You are there. Iris out. |
| User ReviewJessica Ti love this film so long and atmospheric i was sleepy when i saw it it was hazily beautiful |
| User ReviewRaquel MCerca de três horas do mais puro cinema francês e sua qualidade estonteante |
| User ReviewSebastian DI definitely need more repetitions!. Visual Poetry & Black and White. Love & Revolution. Clotilde Hesme & Louis Garrel. |