RENDEZ-VOUS is the chilling story of young Nina, recently arrived in Paris by way of her Toulouse hometown in order to "live her life." Nina ends up with a bit part in a play and the unwanted attentions of every man in Paris. When she meets Paolo, a real estate agent, he falls immediately in love with her, while she inexplicably falls for Paolo's psychotic and cruel flatmate, Quentin. The erotic and violent love triangle that develops is curtailed when Quentin throws himself under a car. Nina is continually haunted by her brief but torrid affair with Quentin and uses the theater and Paolo to support herself.

In André Téchiné's RENDEZ-VOUS, Nina (Juliette Binoche) lives in Paris, having recently liberated herself from her hometown of Toulouse. In the three short months since her arrival, she can count the number of nights spent alone on one hand. While performing a small role in a play, Nina meets Paolo, a real estate agent. In a fit of love, Paolo takes Nina under his wing only to find that she has fallen for his cruel and insidious flatmate, Quentin. Quentin is an actor who works in an illicit sex show. The first time he meets Nina, he attempts to rape her. As Paola pursues Nina to no avail, Quentin and Nina develop a bizarre, cruel, and obsessive relationship. When Quentin kills himself, Nina and Paolo are brought together. A mysterious theater director, Scrutzler (Jean-Louis Trintignant), emerges and tells Nina that he had directed Quentin and his last lover in ROMEO AND JULIET and that the two had enacted a real-life suicide pact, one that Quentin unwittingly survived. Nina and Paolo move in together, as Nina is haunted by visions of Quentin. When she is cast as Juliet in Scrutzler's new production, the lives of all the characters collide. Paolo finally leaves Nina as she struggles to escape the influence and cruelty of Quentin and prepares to be her own Juliet.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Manaural - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Essay By Author Brian McFarlane

Juliette Binoche: French Actress, CHOCOLAT (2000)
Lambert Wilson: French Actor
Jean-Louis Trintignant: French Actor/Director
Wadeck Stanczak: Actor/"Rendezvous"

André Téchiné: French director

"...Andre Techine's 'best director' Cannes winner is tight, visually sleek, and an alternate showcase for Juliet Binoche..."
"Juliette Binoche still shines...as promiscuous and lovelorn ingenue Nina."
"...A stylishly engrossing tale of obsessive sexuality and initiation, forcefully put across by excellent young actors..."
"...Swift and somber....[Techine] has now in full measure that characteristically French understanding that in dealing with love and passion, a brisk, laconic style creates the greatest emotional impact..."