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...film is based on Collard's novel of the same title and tells the story of Jean (played by Collard), a film maker and musician who lives a seedy bisexual life in the subculture of Paris. He meets, falls in love and has great, mind-numbing sex with Laura, played by Romaine Bohringer, an 18-year old whose maturity seems far beyond her years...

Author: By William Winborn, | Title: Bracing AIDS Film Looks at Sex and Death | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

After acclimating the audience to these somewhat unusual characters, the believability of the film beings to erode. Laura, after the horror of finding out Jean is HIV-positive, continues to have sex with him, sans condom. Suddenly, what seemed like a mature commitment has turned into naive stupidity...

Author: By William Winborn, | Title: Bracing AIDS Film Looks at Sex and Death | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

When taken as naive and youthful stupidity, Laura's actions seems forgivable. But the script does not allow this attitude to endure. Like everything else in the film, Laura's actions are taken to the extreme. When she finds Jean kissing a mutual male friend, Samy (Carlos Lopez), she becomes outraged, screaming at both of them and hitting everything in sight...

Author: By William Winborn, | Title: Bracing AIDS Film Looks at Sex and Death | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

However, this is nothing compared to the exaggerated emotion which follows. Collard shows Laura in the mids of a psychological obsession. She calls Jean 24 hours a day, leaving insane message of death, terror and suicide. Finally, Laura is carted off to the insane asylum...

Author: By William Winborn, | Title: Bracing AIDS Film Looks at Sex and Death | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

...John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Dowell Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

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