The Dreamers

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In Brief: One of the most controversial and sexually frank movies of its decade, Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers (2003) is a classic example of a film that’s not for everyone. Fully earning its NC-17 rating, its themes are adult and the use of sex and nudity is pretty unflinching, and should be borne in mind. The story concerns a movie-obsessed American student (Michael Pitt) in Paris who becomes involved with a pair of equally film-crazed French siblings (Eva Green and Louis Garrel). He moves in with them, becoming part of their world — and a possible means for them to explore their own feelings for each other. It most certainly will have greater resonance if you came of age as a movie fanatic in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (And if you did, I only hope that you will have the same feeling as I do about the choice of the song on the soundtrack when the credits start at the end.) However, I suspect that anyone who grew up living vicariously through movies — or really any art form — will find something to relate to.
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Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci
Rated: NC-17

The Asheville Film Society will screen The Dreamers Tuesday, March 22, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

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About Ken Hanke
Head film critic for Mountain Xpress from December 2000 until his death in June 2016. Author of books "Ken Russell's Films," "Charlie Chan at the Movies," "A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series," "Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker."

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