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Mes séances de lutte

  • 2013
  • 12
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
715
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James Thierrée and Sara Forestier in Mes séances de lutte (2013)
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A woman returns to her village after her father's death, who has never loved. She meets a man who spends his days cultivating the land and writing. Each of their meetings will culminate in a... Read allA woman returns to her village after her father's death, who has never loved. She meets a man who spends his days cultivating the land and writing. Each of their meetings will culminate in a need for them to confront physically.A woman returns to her village after her father's death, who has never loved. She meets a man who spends his days cultivating the land and writing. Each of their meetings will culminate in a need for them to confront physically.

  • Director
    • Jacques Doillon
  • Writer
    • Jacques Doillon
  • Stars
    • Sara Forestier
    • James Thierrée
    • Louise Szpindel
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    715
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jacques Doillon
    • Writer
      • Jacques Doillon
    • Stars
      • Sara Forestier
      • James Thierrée
      • Louise Szpindel
    • 2User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Sara Forestier
    Sara Forestier
    • Elle
    James Thierrée
    • Lui
    • (as James Thiérrée)
    Louise Szpindel
    • La soeur
    Mahault Mollaret
    • La copine
    Bill Leyshon
    • L'accordeur
    • Director
      • Jacques Doillon
    • Writer
      • Jacques Doillon
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    9donalupe

    Movies strive towards sophistication, Mes séances de lutte aces in the opposite direction!

    Buoyed by bucolic setting and exceptional acting, this rare work of art successfully aspires for primal unsophistication, a journey that only uninhibited filmmakers can undertake. It begins with our characters finding themselves in a conundrum and ends in a euphoric bacchanalian courtship. Thanks to their means that manifest in all sorts of ways: Ethereal, corporeal and empyreal yet vicious, veracious and vivacious!
    7timlin-4

    Ready to rumble

    A strange take on the theme of a young woman coping with unresolved issues after her father dies, we somehow end up watching her engage in a series of wrestling matches with a man who lives near her father's home. These fights are staged as some kind of therapy, though of course they turn out to be very sexual. To be honest, I was more interested in ogling Sara Forestier than in contemplating the lengthy conversations outlining the whole psychodrama, so I can't really judge how plausible all this is. But she and Thierrée deserve credit for putting in very physical performances, and the director has created an original erotic scenario.

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      In this film the sex scenes, like the fight scenes, are very realistic. "A love and erotic relationship is much less complicated to write than to play," director Jacques Doillon explained. "Sara [Forestier] didn't have any difficulties on that side, James [Thierrée], on the other hand, had very classic male modesty. We struggled a bit with this but we found a very satisfactory compromise. I didn't want to make a hard film but I wanted it to be bolder than usual. In the long run, it became almost deceptive not to show that this part can have a good life... It was a question of making a film with head and heart, and ass too."

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 2013 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Love Battles
    • Production companies
      • Doillon et Compagnie
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
      • Canal+
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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