| Pola X | |
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| Directed by | Leos Carax |
| Produced by | Bruno Pésery |
| Written by | Leos Carax Jean-Pol Fargeau |
| Based on | Pierre: or, The Ambiguities by Herman Melville |
| Starring | Guillaume Depardieu Yekaterina Golubeva Catherine Deneuve |
| Music by | Scott Walker |
| Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
| Editing by | Nelly Quettier |
| Distributed by | AMLF |
| Release date(s) | 1999 |
| Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | France Switzerland Germany Japan |
| Language | French |
| Budget | FFR 71,500,000 |
Pola X is a 1999 French romantic drama film starring Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva and Catherine Deneuve. The film is loosely based on the Herman Melville novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities. It revolves around a successful young novelist who is confronted by a woman who claims to be his lost sister, and the two begin a romantic relationship. The film title is an acronym of the French title of the novel, Pierre ou les ambiguïtés, plus the Roman numeral "X" indicating the tenth draft version of the script that was used to make the film.
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Pola X has been associated with the New French Extremity.
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Pierre (Guillaume Depardieu) lives with his mother Marie (Catherine Deneuve) in a castle in Normandy by the riverside of the Seine. They are very beautiful, rich, carefree and they like themselves. Every morning, Pierre leaves on the inherited bike of his father to visit Lucie (Delphine Chuillot), his fiance. One night, Marie announces to Pierre that she arranged the date for his marriage to Lucie. Pierre leaves to announce the good news to his fiance. On the way, in the forrest, a funereal beauty appears (Yekaterina Golubeva). She speaks with a strong accent from the countries of the East: "Pierre... you are not the only child, I am your sister, Isabelle."
The soundtrack was produced by Scott Walker and features some instrumental tracks by him, as well as contributions by Sonic Youth and Bill "Smog" Callahan, who also has a cameo appearance in the film.
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