Erotic French thriller directed by, and starring, Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). When a married man's torrid...
Erotic French thriller directed by, and starring, Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). When a married man's torrid affair with his mistress turns to talk of murder, his life spirals out of control.
Within the confines of their blue hotel room, Julien (Amalric) enjoys kinky liasons with a married woman, and soon finds himself embroiled in a police investigation when their trysts spill over to have real world consequences. Screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
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50 %1,567 reviewsAudience score rating
"Mathieu Amalric's adaptation of Georges Simenon's mystery novel honors the text, but misses the atmosphere."
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Variety
Variety"It's a phenomenally executed exercise that, like its protagonist's memory, is too wispy for its own good."
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Time Out
Time Out"Thank heaven for French movies like Mathieu Amalric's The Blue Room, which compactly addresses the ecstasies and occasionally dangerous consequences of intimate contact."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"Takes a cue from both classic Hollywood noir and the time-shuffling narratives of the late Alain Resnais, telling a familiar story in ways that can feel compellingly new."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterThe Blue Room | Details
- Runtime
- 75
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- France
