I Don't Kiss (1991)

Original title

J'embrasse pas

Directed by

André Téchiné

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man leaves his rural home in search of an acting career in Paris. After a promising start, he faces failure and becomes a street prostitute.

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What happens

I Don't Kiss (French: J'embrasse pas) is a 1991 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Manuel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart and Philippe Noiret. The plot follows a young man who leaves his provincial home in the Pyrenees, going to Paris, hoping to become an actor. A promising beginning is followed by disillusionment and he ends on the street as a prostitute. The film is a grim, melancholic portrait of a young man searching and failing to find meaning in his life. The film had a total of 472,187 admissions in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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