Friends & Lovers

Friends & Lovers

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Release Date

4/16/1999

Runtime

103 mins

Overview

Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's father. (Ian and dad are estranged because dad worked too many hours when Ian was a lad.) Dad has something to say, but Ian won't listen. Meanwhile, David is gay and virginal; Ian's business partner, Keaton, is unhappy that his sister Jane is pregnant with no plans to tell the father; Lisa is everybody's pal and no one's lover; John, stuck in adolescence, is always on the make. He brings German-born stunner, Carla, and promptly loses her affection to Hans, a fast-talking ski instructor. David meets Manny: they have chess in common. Soon, surprises abound as relationships take new turns.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$94,633

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A sprawling ensemble romance that trades in the messy overlaps between friendship and desire, following a group of twenty-somethings as a ski trip becomes the catalyst for romantic recalibrations and long-buried conversations. It's the kind of film that luxuriates in conversations and awkward moments, more interested in the tender weight of unresolved feelings than in neat resolutions.

Mood

BittersweetWistfulRomanticHopeful

Themes

FriendshipLoveIdentityFamily

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Ensemble

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