DVD
Cold water = L'eau froide
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Cyprien Fouquet, Virginie Ledoyen.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
An acclaimed early work by Olivier Assayas. the long-unavailable, deeply felt coming-of-age drama Cold Water can at last be seen in the United States. Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles and Christine, whose rebellions against family and society threaten to tear them apart. The visceral realism of the movie's narrative and the near experimentalism of its camera work come together effortlessly thanks to a rock soundtrack that vividly evokes the period. Cold Water, whose centerpiece is one of the most memorable party sequences ever committed to film, is a heartbreaking immersion in the emotional tumult of being young.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1994.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Olivier Assayas ; new interview with Assayas ; new interview with cinematographer Denis Lenoir ; excerpt from a 1994 French television program on the film featuring Assayas and actors Virginie Ledoyen and Cyprien Fouquet ; new English subtitle translation.