Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18713 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-04-16
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: French
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 117 minutes

Special Features
1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
French
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 French
Dolby Digital 2.0
Cast And Director Filmographies
Production Notes
Scene Access
Theatrical Trailer
English

Synopsis
When Martin (Charles Berling), a restless philosophy professor, falls for the sensual, nonintellectual young Cecilia (Sophie Guillemin), he is fascinated by her uninhibited attitude. Oddly enough, Martin's only confidante regarding this relationship is his ex-wife (Arielle Dombasle). This dark French sex comedy is a tale of unusual obsession.

From the Back Cover
Engrossing, erotic and sometimes comic, 'L'Ennui' tells the story of the restless philosophy professor Martin (Charles Berling), tired of teaching and troubled by the happiness of his ex-wife (Arielle Dombasle). His mid-life crisis takes a turn when he meets the young, enigmatic and far from intellectual Cecilia (Sophie Guillemin), with whom he embarks on a sexually-charged affair. Enlisting his ex-wife as a reluctant confidante, Martin claims that he is bored with Cecilia, yet continues to see her, fascinated by her uncomplicated attitude toward love, life and sex. But, upon learning that Cecilia is also seeing a much younger man, Martin's desire becomes tainted with jealousy and eventually becomes an uncontrollable obsession that threatens to consume him.

Customer Reviews

A pointless waste of 2 hours of your life
There are some who will look at this film as a deep and sensitive film looking into the psychology of sex and the need for one party to posess the other. In reality this film is just pointless rubbish.

2 hours of utter drivel. This film is more like a sad parody of French cinema. Middle aged teacher seeks out a former lover of a painter who he had met in a sleezy bar and helped save him from getting his head kicked in from not paying his tab. The painter has since died and all our hero has left is a painting that he did.

On finding the artists studio he meets up with his former lover and starts a relationship. They have sex, then he sits for 10 minutes smoking and discussing the psychology of it all! Thing is the daft prat cant quite understand why she cant wait to get away from him! The film just carries on in the same way for the best part of an hour and a half if that is realy your idea of a good film you realy need to get out more.

Check out L'appartement or the piano teacher and do yourself a favour and give this one a miss.

Manic
Charles Berling was absolutly manic, brilliant performance, made me breathless just watching it, could really feel for him as he got more and more obsessive and jealous as the film went on, great film.

A stunner
The negative feedback on this film MUST be by people who have missed the whole point of this strange but wonderful film.
It is about the desire to possess that which cannot be possessed at all and the sheer frustration and madness that follows such an impossible quest. Beautifully played by all concerned, this is not a parody of French cinema: it is a classic example of all that is good about French cinema. None of the sex scenes are gratuitous (or particularly erotic, funnily enough) and Sophie Guillemin is nobody's idea of a sex goddess, so, if it's a thrill you want, don't bother. But is you want quality cinema, this is one for you!