Hold Me Tight

Original title: Serre moi fort

2021
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

2.3K

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Drama

A woman one day simply walks out on her family. Or does she?A woman one day simply walks out on her family. Or does she?A woman one day simply walks out on her family. Or does she?

Director
- Mathieu Amalric
Writers
- Claudine Galea
- Mathieu Amalric
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Mathieu Amalric
Writers
- Claudine Galea
- Mathieu Amalric
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations

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Hold Me Tight - official US trailer

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Trivia
The film director Mathieu Amalric explained the origin of the title and why it is written without an hyphen. It initially came from the song "La nage indienne" by Etienne Daho, which contains "Serre-moi fort. Si ton corps se fait plus léger, nous pourrons nous sauver" (with an hyphen, according to the French spelling rules) and was rewritten to become "Serre moins fort. Si ton coeur se fait plus léger, je pourrai me sauver" (without an hyphen, according to the French spelling rules). Mixing both versions, this gave a temporary title "Serre moi(ns) fort". Finally, the title was changed back to the first version, but with the hyphen still dropped: "Serre moi fort", with the 3 words "isolated" from each other.

Connections
Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 876: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Clarisse (Vicky Krieps) leaves his seemingly nice close family. Dysfunction within the family is slowly revealed. Some seems to be memories, some an alternate world, and some surreal. The reality is eventually revealed.

This is directed by Mathieu Amalric who I know more as a great character actor. I was a bit confused with the first half. The movie kept slipping away as the confused plot kept piling on the tangential arcs. In some ways, the visuals need to be more surreal. There are ways for Clarisse to show some more clarity especially during her moments. Of course, it all comes together with the older girl pianist. It's a nice a-ha moment. It's a very devastating reveal.