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In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 4 nominations
Felix Armand
- Alain
- (as Félix Armand)
Bobbi Salvör Menuez
- Leslie
- (as India Salvor Menuez)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaWith the exception of Lola Créton, the actors portraying the youths were inexperienced, mostly first-time actors found through director Olivier Assayas and casting director Antoinette Boulat having flyers handed out in front of high schools and having set up a casting Facebook page. They did audition other experienced young actors, but only Créton was selected.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2012 (2012)
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Almost 20 years later, Assays returns to his own adolescence, which he examined expertly in 1994's "Cold Water". As if to make it clear that he is coming full circle the main character (clearly based on Assayas himself), and one of the key supporting characters bear the same screen names as their counterparts in "Cold Water".
This grew on me considerably on 2nd viewing. Because I knew not to expect a straight- forward plot, but something much more episodic and tonal, I stopped focusing on the story, and took in all the details, and the mood. I found the film much funnier the second time, catching Assayas' gentle mocking of the over seriousness of these petite-bourgeois youth, at the same time that he captures the sad beauty in adolescence's naiveté and out sized passions.
"Something in the Air" focuses on politics, art and sex, taking place 3 years after the May 1968 riots, as the high school kids of that moment try to live in the spirit of revolution that was already starting to fade into factionalism (some of the film's best humor documents the absurdly intense rivalries between groups who mostly share common goals, and the insane parsing of every word and idea to examine if it was the 'right' thing to foment revolution).
There are some truly great sequences. An early scene of the kids battling the cops is exciting, raw and immersive. And there's a sequence at a party that's pretty breathtaking. Throughout, Assayas uses perfect music from the period, without using the same 6 songs every film about the late 60s/early 70s seem to fall back on. If the film isn't quite a masterpiece it is touching, funny and worthwhile work from one of the most interesting voices making films right now, one who can go from the near operatic "Carlos" to the quiet and intimate "Summer Hours", bringing each their own unique style. Assays is a true auteur, but he hasn't let that trap him into a single style or tone.
This grew on me considerably on 2nd viewing. Because I knew not to expect a straight- forward plot, but something much more episodic and tonal, I stopped focusing on the story, and took in all the details, and the mood. I found the film much funnier the second time, catching Assayas' gentle mocking of the over seriousness of these petite-bourgeois youth, at the same time that he captures the sad beauty in adolescence's naiveté and out sized passions.
"Something in the Air" focuses on politics, art and sex, taking place 3 years after the May 1968 riots, as the high school kids of that moment try to live in the spirit of revolution that was already starting to fade into factionalism (some of the film's best humor documents the absurdly intense rivalries between groups who mostly share common goals, and the insane parsing of every word and idea to examine if it was the 'right' thing to foment revolution).
There are some truly great sequences. An early scene of the kids battling the cops is exciting, raw and immersive. And there's a sequence at a party that's pretty breathtaking. Throughout, Assayas uses perfect music from the period, without using the same 6 songs every film about the late 60s/early 70s seem to fall back on. If the film isn't quite a masterpiece it is touching, funny and worthwhile work from one of the most interesting voices making films right now, one who can go from the near operatic "Carlos" to the quiet and intimate "Summer Hours", bringing each their own unique style. Assays is a true auteur, but he hasn't let that trap him into a single style or tone.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Direniş Günlerinde aşk
- Filming locations
- Brunoy, Essonne, France(High School: Lycee Talma)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- €5,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $85,154
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,288
- May 5, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $1,305,473
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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