In her first major screen role, Academy Award-winner Juliette Binoche gives a raw and electrifying performance as sexual free-spirit Nina, who moves to Paris to become an actress. She has a profound impact on three men: Paulot (Wadeck Stanczak) is a timid real estate clerk infatuated with her, Quentin (Lambert Wilson), is an emotionally scarred actor who performs in live sex shows. Scrutzler (screen legend Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a stage director who casts Nina in his production of Romeo and Juliet. Co-written by Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep), Rendez-vous is a mesmerizing study of love, loss, and redemption that earned director André Téchiné (Wild Reeds) Best Director honors at the Cannes Film Festival. –Home Vision Entertainment
A critic with the Cahiers du Cinéma in the 60s, he made his directing debut with Paulina s’en va, his first feature, shown at the Fortnight in 1969. He returned to the Fortnight in 1975 with Souvenirs d’en France. Reputed for his work with actors, he has directed the likes of Isabelle Adjani, Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Daniel Auteuil… He won several awards at Venice and Cannes and received three Césars in 1995 for Les roseaux sauvages. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
funny conection with TROIS COULEURS: BLEU... Binoche and appartments in Paris... Great story, characters and movie!
I think that this is Juliet Binoche's rawest and most exciting performance. She has never been this free again. From what I have heard, she regrets the nudity she displays here but she has since developed a protective shell that limits her expressiveness.
