Games of Love and Chance

Games of Love and Chance French LEsquive is a 2003 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Sara Forestier. It won the Csar Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing and Most Promising Actress.

A group of teenagers from the housing projects of the Paris suburbs practice a passage from the play Games of Love and Chance by Marivaux for their French class. Abdelkrim, or Krimo, who initially does not act in the play, falls in love with Lydia. In order to try to seduce her, he accepts the role of Arlequin and joins the rehearsal. But his timidness and awkwardness keeps him from participating in the play as well as succeeding with Lydia.Other than Sara Forestier, many of the actors in this film were inexperienced in cinema and recruited specifically for the film. ........

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