Among French film-makers, no-one is quite as closely associated with late 60s counter-cultural revolt as Philippe Garrel, and in this autobiographical film, he returns to his spiritual home – the year 1968. The director's son Louis Garrel plays François, one of a crowd of intense jeunesse dorée who are involved in the fervour of May 68, then live through its anti-climactic aftermath. Following the abortive revolution, everyday reality hits the friends with a crash: François is hauled up for avoiding national service, and falls in love with sculptor Lilie (Hesme). Shot in stark black and white by William Lubtchansky, this vivid evocation of a misunderstood golden age, of its ideologies and myths, combines bitter nostalgia and the cold breath of socio-political reality. At once personal Proustian reminiscence and a very public conjuring of ghosts, Garrel's film is as celebratory as it is melancholic. Heading a cast who look and act uncannily right for the period, Louis Garrel ( The Dreamers , Ma Mère ) confirms himself as one of the most compelling new French performers of the moment.

本片以一九六八年法國文化大革命的年代作背景。導演菲利普．加希爾的兒子路易．加希爾飾演片中男主角方士華。血氣方剛的方士華曾熱情投入一九六八年五月的革命運動，之後再經歷了事件餘波後令人洩氣的日子。革命失敗後，一班朋友無法面對平凡的現實生活：方士華因逃避兵役而被捕，之後愛上了雕塑藝術家莉莉。

本片以黑白菲林拍攝，混合了苦澀的情懷和冰冷的社會政治現實，讓人清晰地想起一個被誤解的黃金年代，以及它的理念和精神。

2005 / B&W 黑白 / 178mins

Romantic Drama
浪漫劇情片
English subtitles 英文字幕

Director 導演： Philippe Garrel 菲利普‧加希爾

Cast 演員： Louis Garrel, Louise Hesme
路易‧加希爾、
露薏絲‧艾絲芯