Synopsis
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy 18-year-old Mathieu is on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric and falls in love.
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Cast
- Jérémie ElkaïmMathieu
- Stéphane RideauCédric
- Dominique ReymondMathieu's Mother
- Marie MatheronAnnick
- Laetitia LegrixSarah
- Nils OhlundPierre
- Réjane KerdaffrecPsychiatrist
- Guy HoussierCédric's Father
- Violeta FerrerPierre's Mother
- Robert DarmelBar Owner
Recommendations
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Los Angeles Times
Brings maximum subtlety, nuance and insight into the timeless story of first love. - 90
New Times (L.A.)
Charged by Rideau's amazingly sexy performance as the most forthright gay character put on screen to date, this is a fine piece of filmmaking. - 90
Variety
The elusive, quicksilver nature of young love is often reduced to crude simplicities by the movies, but director Sebastien Lifshitz and writing partner Stephane Bouquet have observed it with a superb balance of aesthetics and insight in Come Undone. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
The photography is strong, the performances sympathetic and the sex plentiful. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
A delicately managed piece that is by turns intimately detailed and elliptical, and that's an approach that suits the tangled emotions of its two protagonists. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
A moody, subtle drama that has more in common with the tragedy of "Endless Love" than "Where The Boys Are." - 70
Village Voice
Come Undone's true subject is, simply enough, the perspective-warping enormity of first love, as preserved in a scrapbook of before-and-after snapshots. - 63
Baltimore Sun
Come Undone would have benefited immensely from less constricted performances from Elkaim and Rideau, both of whom go through the film determined not to crack a smile.
