Watch: L’écume des jours 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – Set in a charmingly surreal Paris, wealthy bachelor Colin spends his time developing his pianocktail (a cocktail-making piano) and devouring otherworldly dishes prepared by his trusty chef Nicolas. When Colin learns that his best friend Chick, a fellow acolyte of the philosopher Jean-Sol Partre, has a new American girlfriend, our lonely hero attends a friend’s party in hopes of falling in love himself. He soon meets Chloe and, before they know it, they’re dancing to Duke Ellington and plunging headfirst into a romance. Their whirlwind courtship is tested when an unusual illness plagues Chloe; a flower begins to grow in her lungs. To save her, Colin discovers the only cure is to surround Chloe with a never-ending supply of fresh flowers..
Plot: A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
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fantastic movie based on a wonderful book
To me, this movie does what movies are for: activate the imagination. In this case, touching a theme not as alien as one might wish it to be in a fantastic setting. The ‘fantastic’ way in which people and institutions appear is far from random; it feels to me like a hyperdream of familiar entities and sensations, their logical extreme. Rich, vivid imagination which enters your brain and puts hooks in it. Loved the book and Gondry made it even more alive for me. Quite a feat. If you do like the movie, please check out the book (and also other titles by Vian). Don’t want to generalize too much but if you like movies by Terry Gilliams you will probably like this a lot, too. Rats, writing reviews is hard and I’m not very good at it; but i so disagree with the IMDb-grade for this film (currently 5.8) and the general reviews I’ve read so far that I had to create an account just to weigh in. So please go see this film and find out for yourself!Did I mention already that it is beautifully made, and at times very funny?
Would be included amongst the worst films of the past year, if not for the amazing visuals
I think Michel Gondry meant for this to be his masterpiece, but, man, is it ever a mess. There’s so much imagination, so many wonderful images, and everything’s in service to such a nothing plot with paper-thin characters. The story is your basic “boy meets girl, girl inhales snowflake on wedding night, develops water lily in lung, becomes deathly ill” kind of thing. Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou are the boy and girl. They have various friends, but they don’t have much character and don’t do anything. This could probably be included among the worst movies of the past year, but, as I said, it has some marvelous images and hand-made special effects. I still feel like Gondry could find his way and make a good movie, but he really needs to focus and not just let his imagination run wild. For the record, I did watch the 130 minute French version, not the 94 minute American release. Even at 130 minutes it still feels like half the script was edited out!
Original Language fr
Runtime 2 hr 11 min (131 min), 1 hr 34 min (94 min) (USA), 1 hr 38 min (98 min) (Germany)
Budget 16040770
Revenue 10435322
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director Michel Gondry
Writer Michel Gondry, Luc Bossi, Boris Vian
Actors Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh
Country France, Belgium
Awards 1 win & 9 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Red Epic, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format), Redcode RAW (5K) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm, D-Cinema