Same Old Song

Same Old Song

1997 · 120 min · FR · 7.0 (160 votes)
Dir. Alain Resnais · Starring Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Bacri, André Dussollier, Agnès Jaoui, Lambert Wilson · Music Bruno Fontaine
DramaComedyRomance

Business executive Odile seeks a new, larger apartment. Her younger sister Camille, having completed her doctoral thesis in history, is a Paris tour guide. Simon is a regular on Camille's tours as he's attracted to her. However, Camille has fallen for Marc, and they begin an affair. Nicolas is also looking for an apartment, since he hopes to eventually have his family join him in Paris.

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A contemplative, dialogue-heavy journey through Parisian lives. It captures the quiet desperation and fleeting connections of modern urban existence with a darkly comedic, melancholic touch. Feels like eavesdropping on intimate, sometimes awkward, conversations.

melancholicwrybittersweetintrospectivesteadyFrench New Wave revivaldialogue-drivenslice-of-lifelovelonelinessexistential dreadurban alienation
depressionhypochondriac
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