Fresh
The notion that "love means never having to say you're sorry" sits there bleeding, a stake right through its broken heart.
David Fear, Time Out New York
We Won't Grow Old Together
1972 · 1h 50m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Maurice Pialat
Overview
Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a circular series of spectacular blow-ups and tentative reunions, their mutual desire a fire that burns them again and again.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Pialat compared the structure of We Won't Grow to that of Ravel's "Bolero" for the gradually increasing fortissimo of its subtly varied-yet-repetitious phrases, variations that here show as a gradual shift in the balance of power.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
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