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Boy Meets Girl (1984)

Boy Meets Girl poster
Directed by
Leos Carax
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
U
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 123 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aspiring filmmaker has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He meets a suicidal young woman whose own romance just fell apart. They spend a night together in Paris, exploring their shared feelings of loss and longing for connection.

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What happens

Boy Meets Girl is a 1984 French romantic drama film written and directed by Leos Carax in his feature directorial debut. The plot follows the relationship between an aspiring filmmaker (Denis Lavant), who has just been left by his lover, and a suicidal young woman (Mireille Perrier), also reeling from a failed romance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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