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Sexuality-related Movies of 1990s
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 Les
Voleurs/Thieves (France 1996)
Directed by Andre Techine
Featuring Catherine Deneuve, Laurence Cote, etc
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Alex is a detective who was born in
a thief family of long history in Paris. Juliette is a pawn
of the family and a habitual shoplifter. Alex caught Juliette
and has an affair with her. Jimmy is Juliette's brother with
strong ties and also works for the family. He was sent to jail
by Alex in the past. Right after Alex's brother was failed and
shot to death, Juliette disappeared. While chasing her, Alex
meets Marie, a professor of Philosophy and Juliette's much-loved
woman. A suspense movie depicting love and hate of one man and
two women.
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uliette and Marie love each other
as their true love. Juliette despises Alex but has physical
relations with him without love, and she also has incestuous
relationship with Jimmy. Violence and change of human emotion
are depicted in the complex relationship among the four full
of hostility and sympathy. Katherine Deneuve's unchanged beauty
is worth seeing. She performed as intelligent and passionate
professor who love her student.
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 Love
and Other Catastrophes (Australia
1996)
Directed by Emma-Kate Croghan
Featuring Frances O'Connor, Radha Mitchell
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Mia and Alice are university students
in Australia. Mia is a lesbian and Alice is waiting for an ideal
man to marry. Danni is Mia's girlfriend but they are fighting.
Michael is a medical student who is not good at in romance.
Ari is a prostitute of nihilistic good-looking man. A day of
5 university students is depicted with episodes; alteration
of instructor, roommate hunting, writing graduation thesis,
party. It's a funny prime story full of troubles and romance.
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At the end of that troubling day,
Mia and Danni got back together. This movie doesn't depict the
romance between the two in particular, but depicts each romance
of lesbian and heterosexual at the same time. It's funny full
of parodies from other movies, and makes you feel some kind
of familiar for sepia images and low-cost arts and props. Lyrics
of Let's Do It - let's fall in love (Simon Holmes & Morgana
Ancone) are sympathetic and cheerful.
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