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Ludivine Sagnier

Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)

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Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Anna Thomson, Ludivine Sagnier

Plot: Without leaving the space of a chic 70s-style art deco apartment in Berlin, WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS unfurls the beginning, middle, and end of a focused, suffocating love relationship between 50-year-old business man Leopold (a superb Bernard Giraudeau), and 20-year-old boy toy Franz (Malik Zidi). Director Francois Ozon (CRIMINAL LOVERS) has made his masterpiece with this film, creating a static intensity between his two protagonists through long shots of each man examining himself in the mirror, and through nearly sarcastic camera work that seems to crack jokes at its subjects' expense.

The amusingly cruel plot which explores Leopold's ability to dominate Franz, making him a pathetic love-slave, nonetheless shows the realistic blend of pain, love, obsession, and aggression existant in the relationship. The finale of the film is outrageous and terrible--and somehow funny, especially during the notorious dance scene--as Franz's ex-girlfriend and Leopold's ex-lover appear for a menage a quatre. Based on a play written by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ozon's adaptation is divided in to three "acts," each beginning with a different sexual pairing, and is a perfect tribute to the ridiculous complexity of love.

Selected Filmography from IMDB:

Peter Pan (2003) .... Tink
Petite Lili, La (2003) .... Lili
... aka Little Lili (2003) (International: English title)
Swimming Pool (2003) .... Julie
Légende de Parva, La (2003) (voice) .... Lula
Petites coupures (2003) .... Nathalie
... aka Small Cuts (2003) (International: English title)
"Napoléon" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Hortense
... aka "Napoleon" (2002) (mini) (Europe: English title)
Frères Hélias, Les (2002)
Marie Marmaille (2002) (TV) .... Marie
8 femmes (2002) .... Catherine
... aka 8 Women (2002) (International: English title)
... aka 8 donne e un mistero (2002) (Italy)
Ma femme est une actrice (2001) .... Géraldine
... aka My Wife Is an Actress (2002) (USA)
Un jeu d'enfants (2001) .... Daphnée (babysitter)
... aka Child's Game (2001) (informal English title)
... aka Children's Game, A (2001) (Australia)
... aka Children's Play (2001) (International: English title)
Banquise, La (2000) (TV) .... Anna Kowalski
Bon plan (2000) .... Clémentine
... aka Great Idea (2000) (International: English title)
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000) .... Anna
... aka Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000) (International: English title)

Mon frère (1999/I)
Acide animé (1999) .... Anna
... aka Anna's Trip (1999) (International: English title)
Enfants du siècle, Les (1999) .... Hermine de Musset
... aka Children of the Century, The (1999) (Canada: English title) (Europe: English title) (USA)
Rembrandt (1999) .... Cornelia van Rijn
Ciel, les oiseaux et... ta mère!, Le (1999) .... Dance girl 1
... aka Boys On the Beach (1999)
Meurtres sans risque (1998) (TV) .... Virginie Gallais
Passion interdite (1998) (TV) .... Estelle
À nous deux la vie (1998) (TV) .... Charlotte
Secret d'Iris, Le (1996) (TV) .... Mylène
Vacances au purgatoire (1992) (TV) .... Sophie
"Famille Fontaine, La" (1992) TV Series .... Anne-Sophie
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) .... The Little Sister

Maris, les femmes, les amants, Les (1989) .... Élodie
I Want to Go Home (1989) .... La petite fille de la place du village

Skinography courtesy of Mr Skin:

La Petite Lili 2003

Swimming Pool 2003

Les Frères Hélias 2002
La Banquise 2000

Bon plan 2000

Water Drops On Burning Rocks 1999

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