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Come Undone

Play trailer Poster for Come Undone R,  2001,  1h 37m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 78% 32 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
78% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy Mathieu (Jérémie Elkaïm) is 18 years old and on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric (Stéphane Rideau) and falls in love. The film, like a dream, flows back and forth between the past and present, often asking us to fill the deliberate jumps in time.

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Loren King Boston Globe Nov 30, 2001
2/4
Come Undone is the coming-of-age romance French-style, with emotions nuanced, effects subtle. But it's also achingly slow, at times bleak and, in the end, frustratingly and regrettably, rather pointless. Go to Full Review
Patrick Z. McGavin Chicago Tribune Nov 1, 2001
While Come Undone has some explicit material, what makes it a mature and special work is its embrace of the knotty and unfamiliar. Go to Full Review
Michael Thomson BBC.com Oct 29, 2001
3/5
A highly credible, if rather unexceptional, look at the many insecurities and occasional joys of young love. Go to Full Review
Joe Lipsett The Queer Gaze (Podcast) Aug 13, 2024
A surprisingly sad look at mental illness and first love, wrapped up in gorgeous (but chilly) French summer beach town aesthetics. Go to Full Review
Jan Stuart The Advocate Apr 5, 2022
Sébastien Lifshitz’s Come Undone is the most mature depiction of a young gay male’s romantic awakening I have ever seen. Go to Full Review
Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Sébastien Lifshitz

Director

Jérémie Elkaïm

Mathieu

Stéphane Rideau

Cédric

Marie Matheron

Annick

Dominique Reymond

Mother

Laetitia Legrix

Sarah

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Come Undone

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Movie Info

Synopsis Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy Mathieu (Jérémie Elkaïm) is 18 years old and on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric (Stéphane Rideau) and falls in love. The film, like a dream, flows back and forth between the past and present, often asking us to fill the deliberate jumps in time.
Director
Sébastien Lifshitz
Producer
Cécile Amillat, Jean-Christophe Colson, Christian Tison
Screenwriter
Sébastien Lifshitz, Stéphane Bouquet
Production Co
Man's Films, Lancelot Films, arte France Cinéma, RTBF
Rating
R (Language|Strong Sexuality|Nudity)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 29, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$316.8K
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
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