Movie

Les nénuphars
1972
A loose, drifting chamber piece where songs and idle improvisation fill quiet hours, leaving a gentle, wistful ache.
- Directed by
- Michel Soutter
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Denis, François Simon
- Overview
- Arthur and Marcel, two firemen, keep boredom at bay by improvising on stage, one on a keyboard the other on drums, tunes, poems and songs. Carol arrives, in search of her lover Armand. Accompanied by the musicians, she sings of her strange loves.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, whimsical, light and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, isolation, art, music
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Michel Soutter
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Denis, François Simon


