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DVD ~ Gregori Baquet
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  • Actors: Gregori Baquet, Alice Taglioni, Jocelyn Quivrin, Élodie Navarre, Arthur Jugnot
  • Directors: Robert Salis
  • Format: PAL, Colour, Anamorphic, Widescreen, Subtitled
  • Language French
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Peccadillo Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Feb 2006
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000E6UXMA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,242 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Paul and Agnes have been going out for quite some time, and Agnes is shocked to learn that Paul would rather live with 2 roommates on campus than move in with her. Each year the French government filters out students who are potential candidates for high ranking government positions. They are shipped off to schools known as Grande Ecoles, where they are trained to become the country's future leaders. It is here that Paul meets his roommate, Louis-Arnault. Paul is strangely attracted to Louis-Arnault without realising so himself. Upon seeing this, Agnes becomes jealous and proposes a bet: whoever gets Louis-Arnault into bed first wins. If Agnes emerges victorious, Paul may no longer explore his homoerotic yearnings. If Paul nabs the booty, Agnes will simply walk away.

Grande Ecole is a powerful, sexually explicit drama that explores one man’s sexuality as he journeys into the unknown.



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Paul and Agnes have been dating for quite some time, and Agnes is shocked to learn that Paul would rather live with 2 roommates on campus than move in with her. Each year the French government filters out students who are potential candidates for high ranking government positions. They are shipped off to schools known as Grande Ecoles, where they are trained to become the country's future leaders. It is here that Paul meets his roommate, Louis-Arnault. Paul is strangely attracted to Louis-Arnault without realising so himself. Upon seeing this, Agnes becomes jealous and proposes a bet: whoever gets Louis-Arnault into bed first wins. If Agnes emerges victorious, Paul may no longer explore his homoerotic yearnings. If Paul nabs the booty, Agnes will simply walk away. Bourgeois titillation and sexual experimentation brim beneath the surface of one of France's most revered educational institutions.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, well produced and constructed film, but frustrating characterisation, 9 Jun 2008
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Well directed and produced film. The plot is a little confusing - not only the dynamics of bisexuality but the rather contorted plot Paul and his girlfriend have to Paul's attraction to his room-mate and her "testing" of their own relationship. Even at the end with their last scene I was confused as to exactly what their relatisonhip was all about. Paul's relationship with Mecir is at times touching and beautiful, at other times it is annoying - and again the last scenes on this are a bit confusing and unsatisfactory. You empathise and sympathise with Mecir a lot and wish Paul would just get himself sorted and stop messing about! This again is where the whole subplot about Paul and his girlfriend and their "peculiar" relationship gets annoying. The implications for the future at the end of the film are also unclear. Is this a happy ending - will it be a happy ending for anyone? The race and class issues are clearly there throughout the film but there is not the strong confirmation that love conquers all that I think we want in this sort of film. Saying all that the actors are physically attractive (if not their personalities) and the film is very well constructed. I enjoyed it but was left frustrated that it seemed to be another film that doesn't have the courage to go the extra mile and be affirmative with strong characters who overcome the legacy of their upbringing and society.
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3.0 out of 5 stars It should have focused on Mercir, 15 Mar 2006
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This film is the wrong way round. The main plot should have been the subplot and vice versa. The story of a french-arab falling in love with a white, repressed frenchman would have been much more interesting than the silly melodrama that actually dominates the film (think Cruel Intentions in French).

Mecir is played by the French-Arab actor Salim Kechiouche (hope I spelled that right!). I never would have imagined from his earlier roles in 'a toute vitesse' and 'les amants criminal' that he would graduate to such surprising roles (although he is ageing rather badly- it must be the cigarettes).

This is not a bad film, but it could have been much better.

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