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Romance [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] | ![Romance [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A14D3B1BL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Catherine Breillat
Actors: Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand, Rocco Siffredi, Reza Habouhossein
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
Buy New: £5.57 (5.78EUR)
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 20498
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D7249D
ISBN: 1573627771
UPC: 031398724933
EAN: 9781573627771
ASIN: B00003JRAV
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Release Date: February 8, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Briefly notorious around the time of its release for being just about the most sexually explicit art-house film to be passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), Romance is strong stuff, as forebodingly enigmatic as it is confrontational. Schoolteacher Marie (Caroline Ducey) lives with her boyfriend Paul (Sagamore Stévenin), a vapid male model. When he refuses to have sex with her anymore she seeks out loveless couplings with, among others, an Italian widower (Rocco Siffredi, a porn star in real life) and her headmaster (François Berléand), who introduces her to bondage. Marie's abject, monotonous voiceover tartly undercuts any potential titillation the images might offer (although there'll be no stopping some viewers from watching this with the sound off). With all the careful, neutral-coloured tailoring and immaculately whitened set dressing, it's a bit like a film edition of Elle Interiors as edited by Anaïs Nin. For all that, you have to admire director Catherine Breillat's willingness to take risks--and certainly Romance potentially risks boring as many readers as it shocks others. No less intrepid is Ducey, literally exposing herself in a way few actresses would dare. Whether the film really opens up and interrogates the nature of female sexuality, Breillat's stated aim, is debatable, but there's no doubting the film's visceral impact.--Leslie Felperin
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 terrible, terrible, terrible July 16, 2008
Mr. R. Dunn
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
do not buy or rent this film, it is truly terrible. I got less than half way before I had to eject. You just do not care about the characters.
 O yes! January 13, 2008
desiamond (London, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Masterfully artistic movie, with a triumphant ending for the girls!
The S&M will have you on the edge of your chair.
This is HOT!
Poor film September 4, 2007
Fine Lady (Oxon, UK)
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
Poor film, disturbing? Yes, Interesting? No, Amazon should allow 0 stars for films like this. I would not reccommend it.
Don't be distracted - this is a great film January 16, 2007
Hugoberon (London)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
For me it is absolutely brilliant and I would be telling everyone about it except that it assumes that you will not be distracted by a pornographic level of explicit sex. And to be honest if you are, you should just keep watching it again and again until you can see the film for itself.
As the mother engenders the baby, so the baby begets the mother: she transcends herself. For me these redemptions and transformations resonate more and more strongly.
 A question of taste. September 15, 2003
DTOCKS (Brighton)
47 out of 52 found this review helpful
Romance is a shocking yet compelling view, which covers the insatiable sexual appetite of French schoolteacher Marie (Caroline Ducey) following the refusal of her boyfriend (Sagamore Stevenin) to continue with a physical relationship.
Catherine Breillat (Director) certainly showed positive strength in regards to exploring new avenues within the film industry when trying to portray everyday life.
The film is more Art House Porn than Film Noir due to its very aggressive portrayal of sex and following and may I seem surprised its approval by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) despite its very explicit sex scenes of which the only way I can describe in clean text is that you actually see it going in. I can only say that at the time of its release French film directors were at the forefront of modern/alternative film production and I’m sure there are many more out there like it.
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