Cold Water [Criterion Collection]

Director: Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas

Overview

Two alienated teens in the early '70s provide the focus of this mournful French drama. The year is 1972 and 16-year old lovers Gilles and Christine are trying to deal with authority, school, their place in the world and their troubled families. Christine's father is worried about her mental health thinks about putting her into a facility. He does it after Gilles steals from a store and Christine is taken to the police station. Gilles may be facing boarding school as his father tries to deal with his son's increasing delinquency. Christine finds the clinic more depressing than life at home and runs away to a party to meet Gilles. They temporarily panic when her parents appear, but then relax and trip out on drugs around a huge fire. In the morning they are quiet and thoughtful.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/11/2018
UPC:	0715515220316
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	43,385

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Virginie Ledoyen	Christine
Cyprien Fouquet	Gilles
Laszlo Szabo	Gilles' Father
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	Inspector
Dominique Faysse	Christine's Mother
Smail Mekki	Mourad
Jackie Berroyer	Christine's Father
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	Teacher
Ilona Gyori	Marie

Technical Credits

Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas	Director,Screenwriter
Georges Benayoun	Producer
Paul Rozenberg	Producer
Francoise Guglielmi	Executive Producer
Elisabeth Deviosse	Executive Producer
Yannick Casanova	Executive Producer
Elisabeth Devoisse	Producer
Pierre Amzallag	Casting
Herve Chauvel	Sound/Sound Designer