Alice et Martin
©Studio Canal 1998
Directed by	André Téchiné
Produced by	Alain Sarde
Written by	André Téchiné Olivier Assayas
Starring	Juliette Binoche Mathieu Amalric Carmen Maura Alexis Loret
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Cinematography	Caroline Champetier
Editing by	Martine Giordano
Distributed by	Studio Canal
Release date(s)	November 4 1998
Running time	120 min
Country	France / Spain
Language	French

Alice et Martin (US title: Alice and Martin) is a 1998 French drama film by André Téchiné. It is his second collaboration with Juliette Binoche after the 1985 film Rendez-vous.

[edit] Plot Summary

Alice et Martin tells the story of two emotional outsiders who through the circumstances of their lives find themselves thrown together. Martin is the 20 year old illegitimate son of a wealthy factory owner. At age 10 his mother sent him to live with his father and his step mother where he has three step brothers. However this is not a happy move and quickly Martin finds himself in conflict with his tyrannical father. Following his father's death Martin disappears and emerges weeks later at his brother Benjamin's apartment. Benjamin is a jobbing actor who shares a small Parisian apartment with musician Alice (Juliette Binoche). Alice is nervous and brittle, obviously harbouring her own private grief. At first she resents Martin 's presence in the apartment. Slowly however she begins to care for the young man and falls deeply in love with him. Their happiness is short lived when Martin's past comes back to haunt him and Alice begins a quest to find out exactly how Martin's father died.

[edit] Premiere

Alice et Martin had its world premiere at the 1998 Valladolid Film Festival in the presence of André Téchiné, Juliette Binoche and Alain Sarde. The version screened ran at 114 mins, 10 mins shorter than the version that was released theatrically. The film premiered in France on 4 November 1998.

[edit] External links

• Alice et Martin at the Internet Movie Database
• Alice et Martin at Allmovie