L'Étudiante (film)
- Sophie Marceau: Valentine Ezquerra
- Vincent Lindon: Edouard
- Élisabeth Vitali: Celine
- Jean -Claude Leguay: Charly
- Elena Pompei: Patricia
- Roberto Attias: Philippe
- Brigitte Chamarande: Claire
- Christian Pereira: Serge
The Student ( Original title: L' Étudiante ) is a French film directed by Claude Pinoteau love from the year 1988.
Action
In a ski trip the musician Edward meets the beautiful teacher to Valentine. Edward is clearly entranced by Valentine. Without further ado, he arranges to meet her on a date, which ends in a night of love. The next day, Edward is with his band on tour in France and Valentine moves into a residential community whose address Eduard does not know. Despite these difficulties, there will be a reunion, in which both ultimately confess their mutual love.
Between Valentine and Edward is a passionate love affair unfolds. Whenever Eduard may freely between live gig and studio recording, he meets Valentine, in turn, waiting for Edward calls, watched through the night or take the train from Paris to Dijon to see Edward. The romance but soon clouded by jealousy, selfishness, lack of understanding of the needs of others and finally infidelity. Edward goes with Patricia, a member of his band, strange. But regardless of this affair is the relationship in the balance. The very different circumstances of the two - Valentine denies her second state examination, while Edward is working on the composition of a film musical theme - complicate the increasingly common. In the evening, as Valentine celebrates with stock of written exams, both arguing violently. Nevertheless, as Edward Valentine offers that they can live with him, she is very happy and accepts gratefully. However, when they fling the Edward comes on the ropes - Eduard had accidentally recorded a conversation with his band mate on the answering machine in which he reports both of his night with Patricia, as well as his relationship with Valentine calls into question - does Edward Valentine before the assembled audience a scene. In addition, Edward learns that the order of composition of film music has already been assigned to someone else. On the day when Valentine was to complete the oral examination, Eduard access to the exam rooms of the university gives to do with Valentine wipe the slate clean and bring his love for her to express. For Valentine this is the wrong moment, because it is being called for the test.
Fittingly, treated her test subject 's love and comedy. Your extravagant presentation, in which they involve their private experiences, is also a kind of conclusion of the movie: No one can demand from another that he would be loved by him as he expected, because this would be the height of selfishness. In a final scene, Valentine and Edward fall into his arms.
Background
The music for the film comes from Vladimir Cosma ( for example, You Call It Love, sung by Karoline Krüger).
The company Gaumont Production and TF1 Production were involved in the production. Also the company Gaumont also owns the distribution rights in France. In Germany, the company Starlight and cinema world Home Entertainment own the distribution rights in North America and it is the company's action movie.
On 5 October 1988, the film was released in French cinemas in the West German cinemas on 1 June 1989, in September 1989 in Japan, Sweden on 4 May 1990 and in East Germany on July 6, 1990.
Criticism
" Dramatically, weak, wooden romantic comedy with stereotyped characters who wins in the description of human relations towards the end a little more depth; drowned out by a loud sound sauce, the movie impressed most by the fresh game of the young actress. "