André Téchiné tells the story of five closely intertwined but deeply isolated characters living in Paris at the dawn of the AIDS crisis
di Carina Chocano The Los Angeles Times
Directed by veteran French film director André Téchiné, "The Witnesses" ("Les Témoins") tells the story of five closely intertwined but deeply isolated characters living in Paris at the dawn of the AIDS crisis. Adrien, Manu, Mehdi, Sarah and Julie are bound by family, love and sex but divided by race, class, sexual orientation and vocation.
In another film, perhaps, the disease, which when it appears is so unknown as to prompt questions about how it's cured, would have been used as the boundary-breaking metaphor that ultimately links the characters, but Téchiné is too subtle a filmmaker for that. [...]
di Carina Chocano, articolo completo (2372 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 15 febbraio 2008
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