Pola X

1999
VM18
2h 14min

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

5,7/10

5400

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

3.925

A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister, starting an unusual relationship with her and prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancée.

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Un giovane scrittore rimane incuriosito da una misteriosa donna dai capelli scuri che afferma di essere sua sorella perduta da tempo.Un giovane scrittore rimane incuriosito da una misteriosa donna dai capelli scuri che afferma di essere sua sorella perduta da tempo.Un giovane scrittore rimane incuriosito da una misteriosa donna dai capelli scuri che afferma di essere sua sorella perduta da tempo.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

5,7/10

5400

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

3.925

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Premi
- 2 vittorie e 2 candidature totali

Quiz
Pola is an acronym for "Pierre ou les ambiguites," the French translation of the title of the Herman Melville novel on which the film is based.

Citazioni
Margherite: Be careful! You dream of writing a mature work, but your charm lies in your thorough immaturity. You dream of setting fire to God knows what, of rising above your times like a dazzling cloud, leaving everyone terrified and admiring. But you weren't born for that, Pierre! You don't even believe it yourself.

Curiosità sui crediti
After credits there's a dedication "à mes trois soeurs" ("for my three sisters").

Versioni alternative
An alternate longer TV version entitled "Pierre ou les ambiguïtés", edited in 3 one-hour episodes, was shown for the first time on September 24, 2001 on 'Arte', the German-French TV channel. The 3 episodes feature an additional 40 minutes of footage and are titled 'A la lumière' (In the Light), 'A l'ombre des lumières' (In the Shadows of the Lights) and 'Dans le sang' (In the Blood). The TV-version is closer to Carax' original concept, that the film should consist of 3 distinct parts: "The film was thought to be in three parts, three chapters. There's the one chapter in the countryside, called 'In the Light.' I knew this chapter would be light, it would be green and white, green for nature. I dyed all of the actors' hairs blonde and put them in white shirts. (...) So the film is going from light to darkness and rust. (...) So there was a conscious [decision] of going from light to dark, and from 35mm to 16mm." (Sept. 2000) The 3-episodes-TV-version is not only longer, but features different footage. The new sequences explore the dreams of Pierre and his relationship with his mother, sister and fiancée. The 3-episodes-TV-version has not been released on other media yet.

Connessioni
Featured in Mr. X (2014)

Colonne sonore
Light
Written by Scott Walker
Performed by Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris
Conducted by Jean-Claude Dubois
Christophe Guiot (1st violin)

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Not The Leos Carax Style We Once Knew, But Undenyably Still In Good Taste

As the previous commentator said, Leos Carax's style did change, although I do not know why. I wouldn't say he has become a German romantic, because I still think Pierre, the protagonist is a man searching for an aesthetic truth within a self-destructing world. He is a newly disillusioned man, who goes through a psychological adventure bitter at the hypocrisy of his old life, striving to strike and lash at the world with the bitter truth he has acquired. Although one could see this as a clear-cut razor sharp character, I find I cannot help but see him as a poet-like figure, in a Paris as stark as it really is, but this isn't new because his depiction of Paris in his last film was far from idealistic..