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C'est la tangente que je préfère (1997)

| Drama | 5 August 1998 (France)
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Sabine, an adolescent girl with a gift for mathematics becomes involved with Jiri, a 40-something man-of-the-theatre from Prague. The story of their relationship and the gradual ... See full summary »

Director:

Charlotte Silvera

Writers:

Jean-Luc Nivaggioni, Charlotte Silvera

Stars:

Julie Delarme, Georges Corraface, Marie-Christine Barrault | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julie Delarme Julie Delarme ... Sabine
Georges Corraface ... Jiri / theater director
Marie-Christine Barrault ... La prof de maths / The math teacher
Agnès Soral ... La mère de Sabine / Sabine's mother
Christophe Malavoy ... Le père de Sabine / Sabine's father
Suzie Suzie ... Gabrielle
Anna Prucnal ... La femme blonde / The blonde woman
Marie Laforêt ... Pétra la vérité / Theatre Actress in red dress
Françoise Michaud ... La prof de sciences-nat / the teacher of sciences-nat
Maxime Lombard Maxime Lombard ... Policier / Police officer
Maurice Chevit Maurice Chevit ... Jean-Pierre
Louis Navarre Louis Navarre ... Guy
Alix de Konopka Alix de Konopka ... La voisine / the neighbor
Bernard Sens Bernard Sens ... Jan
Witold Heretynski Witold Heretynski ... Petr / Theatre Actor
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Sabine, an adolescent girl with a gift for mathematics becomes involved with Jiri, a 40-something man-of-the-theatre from Prague. The story of their relationship and the gradual transformation of Sabine's life as a result of it. Written by Parisias

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Country:

Switzerland | France | Belgium

Language:

French

Release Date:

5 August 1998 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Ask, Matematik ve Seks See more »

Filming Locations:

Lille, Nord, France

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Banana Films, C.R.R.A.V, Canal+ See more »
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Dolby

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Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Discovering love
21 May 2002 | by jean-no – See all my reviews

I didn't expect much from this movie, I must say I liked it quite a lot. Sabine, a young mathematics genius (maybe more "uncommonly talented for mathematics" than "genius") living in the poor part of Lille (the main french north city) discovers love and sex with an older man, a theater author who comes from czekia. Sabine gets foolish, makes great mistakes, is both cruel and innocent, disturbs all her life and gets out of her destiny... There is maybe not a lot more to tell about this movie except that the acting is never false, even the teenagers part - french movies, very often, are not very good when they talk about teenagers but this one is really ok. I gave it a 9/10.
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