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The Blue Bicycle

2000 · 1 season

A lush, slow-burning wartime romance that wraps youthful passion in the creeping dread of occupation.

Created by
Thierry Binisti
Genres
Drama, War & politics
Overview
Léa, the daughter of a wealthy Bordeaux family, is spending happy days at the Montillac family estate at the end of the 1930s. Radiant with youth, she charms all the men who meet her on the blue bicycle offered to her by her father. She is in deep love with Laurent, when she tells him, he lets her down. He is in love with Camille, Lea's best friend. The war sounds the death knell of her carelessness. She takes refuge in Paris. There, she finds Laurent, his secret love, who has just married Camille. During a party given him, she meets mysterious François -a friend of Laurent who works for the government. He goes right on and starts to win Lea's heart, but she is not interested. Laurent has to go to the front-line. He asks Lea to stay with Camille in Paris, to look after her and the unborn baby. But the German troops are progressing, and Léa and Camille are forced to leave the capital.
How it feels
Romantic, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Love, war, betrayal, coming-of-age
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
Thierry Binisti
Genres
Drama, War & politics
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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, war & politics
Created by
Thierry Binisti
Written by
Claude Pinoteau, Jean-Loup Dabadie
Starring
Laetitia Casta, François Marthouret, Delphine Sérina, Jacques Spiesser, Georges Corraface, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Claude Brialy, Virgile Bayle
Cinematography
Dominique Bouilleret
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 90 min each
Network
France 2
Country
France, Germany, Italy
Languages
French

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