This epic modern love story emerged as one of the most visually exhilarating and surprising European films in recent years. And certainly one of the costliest ever produced in France. Director Léos Carax overcame terrible obstacles - including injury to his leading actor, weather delays and the need to recreate an area of Paris in the south of France - that caused the budget to spiral out of control. But the end result justified the project's painful birth and led to a clutch of award nominations. Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant and Klaus-Michael Gruber deliver top-drawer performances in the story of a fire-eating punk's love for a young woman suffering from an eye disease. The deeply moving and unusual romance that unfolds between these free-willed spirits takes place against Paris in the midst of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, captured in the dazzling camerawork of Jean-Yves Escoffier. A labour of and about love that marks Carax down as one of the cinema's most innovative and original storytellers.


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