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Actors: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Géraldine Pailhas, Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about 5x2 |
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This film was written and directed by François Ozon (Swimming Pool) in 2004.
In 5x2, the director uses the backwards storytelling device and shows five scenes of the married life of Marion and Gilles. The film starts with the signature of divorce papers and the awkward attempt at reconciliation of Gilles. The second scene describes an evening at home as the couple receives Gilles's brother and his gay companion. One learns then that Gilles has already cheated on his wife and that the couple is not doing so well.
The third scene of 5x2 happens on the day of Marion's childbirth and relates the strange behavior of Gilles who prefers not to attend his son's birth. The fourth scene takes place the day of the marriage of the couple. Gilles, drunk and tired, falls asleep before being able to prove his love to his wife. Then Marion meets, in the garden of the hotel, an unknown who makes love to her. The last scene of the film describes the first meeting of Marion and Gilles in Italy during the summer holidays.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of 5x2 |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- marriage going to pieces
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Italy
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
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