Pola X (1999)

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5.75/10 58%
Average of Ratings
66%
World Popularity
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Internet Movie Database
57%
Rotten Tomatoes
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Metacritic
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Movie basic details

Current status - Released
Total runtime - 134 mins.
Release date - 12-05-1999
Release year - 1999
Genres - Drama, Romance

Overall ratings and scores for Pola X:
Happiness Score - 5.75/10, World Popularity Score - 12.494/100, IMDB Score - 5.7, Metascore - 65, Internet Movie Database - 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 76%, Metacritic - 65/100, .
Pola X movie has Total Global Votes - 68, Total IMD Votes - 4,979

Pola X Movie Introduction: Movie Pola X, release year 1999 is written by Leos Carax, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Herman Melville and directed by Leos Carax. The leading star-cast in this movie are Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve along with the other stars and crew members.

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Movie in-short: A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister, starting an unusual relationship with her and prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fian...

Movie story-line: A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.

Movie synopsis: Pierre, a young man of privilege whose anonymously-published novel is a hit and who is about to marry his beautiful blonde cousin Lucie, abandons everything when a brunette vagrant tells him her secret late one night in the woods: that she is his own sister Isabelle, abandoned by their father. Pierre breaks up with Lucie and leaves his doting mother to head for Paris with Isabelle, intent on knowing the dark side of human nature. He begins a novel, sending chapters to his publisher under a pseudonym and his relationship with Isabelle moves beyond the fraternal. In the winter, frail Lucie comes to live with them and family jealousies mount. Pierre might have discovered despair instead of truth.

Highlights - Pola X (1999)

Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by - Canal+Pandora FilmDegeto FilmArena Films
Produced in - FranceGermanyJapanSwitzerland
Available languages - French (Français),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 2 wins & 2 nominations
Certificate(s) - FR : U

Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Pola X (1999)

Lead Actors - Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve
Writer(s) - Leos Carax, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Herman Melville
Director(s) - Leos Carax

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) about Pola X (1999)

What is the release date of Pola X (1999)?
Release date of Pola X (1999) is 12-05-1999.


What is the total runtime of Pola X (1999) in minutes?
Total runtime of Pola X (1999) in minutes is 134 min.


What is the budget consumed to produce Pola X (1999) movie?
The budget consumed to produce Pola X (1999) movie is around $0.00.


How much revenue is expected from movie Pola X (1999)?
Expected revenue from movie movie Pola X (1999) is around $0.00.


What is the pupularity of Pola X (1999)?
Worldwide pupularity of Pola X (1999) movie is 12.494%.


What is the name of the production company of film Pola X (1999)?
Production company of film Pola X (1999) is/are Canal+, Pandora Film, Degeto Film, Arena Films, .


Which country the film Pola X (1999) is produced in?
Film production country for the film Pola X (1999) is France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, .


Which language the film Pola X (1999) is produced in?
Film Pola X (1999) is produced in French (Français), language(s).


Which Genre the film Pola X (1999) belongs to?
Movie Pola X (1999) is categorized under Drama, Romance genre(s).


Who are the lead actors of the film Pola X (1999)?
Lead actors of the film Pola X (1999) are Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve.


Who is the writer of the film Pola X (1999)?
The writer(s) of the film Pola X (1999) is/are Leos Carax, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Herman Melville.


Who is the director of the film Pola X (1999)?
The director(s) of the film Pola X (1999) is/are Leos Carax.


Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by Pola X (1999) movie?
Movie Pola X (1999) has 2 wins & 2 nominations awards and nomination in it's profile.


What is the story of Pola X (1999) in-short?
Short plot of movie Pola X (1999): A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister, starting an unusual relationship with her and prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fian....


What is the full story of Pola X (1999) movie?
Full plot of movie Pola X (1999): Pierre, a young man of privilege whose anonymously-published novel is a hit and who is about to marry his beautiful blonde cousin Lucie, abandons everything when a brunette vagrant tells him her secret late one night in the woods: that she is his own sister Isabelle, abandoned by their father. Pierre breaks up with Lucie and leaves his doting mother to head for Paris with Isabelle, intent on knowing the dark side of human nature. He begins a novel, sending chapters to his publisher under a pseudonym and his relationship with Isabelle moves beyond the fraternal. In the winter, frail Lucie comes to live with them and family jealousies mount. Pierre might have discovered despair instead of truth..


Where to find full details of Pola X (1999) movie?
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Where to stream or watch movie Pola X (1999) online?
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List of full Starcast and crew members of Pola X (1999)

Full Starcast:

profie photo of Guillaume DepardieuName: Guillaume Depardieu
Character: Pierre

profie photo of Yekaterina GolubevaName: Yekaterina Golubeva
Character: Isabelle

profie photo of Catherine DeneuveName: Catherine Deneuve
Character: Marie

profie photo of Delphine ChuillotName: Delphine Chuillot
Character: Lucie

profie photo of Laurent LucasName: Laurent Lucas
Character: Thibault

profie photo of Šarūnas BartasName: Šarūnas Bartas
Character: The Chief

profie photo of Till LindemannName: Till Lindemann
Character: Musician

profie photo of Christoph SchneiderName: Christoph Schneider
Character: Musician

profie photo of Markus KirschbaumName: Markus Kirschbaum
Character: Musician

profie photo of Khireddine MedjoubiName: Khireddine Medjoubi
Character: Café owner

profie photo of Miguel YecoName: Miguel Yeco
Character: Augusto

profie photo of Bill CallahanName: Bill Callahan
Character: Musician

profie photo of PatachouName: Patachou
Character: Margherite

Crew Members:

profie photo of Éric GautierName: Éric Gautier
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography

profie photo of Esther WalzName: Esther Walz
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Design

profie photo of Leos CaraxName: Leos Carax
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay

profie photo of Leos CaraxName: Leos Carax
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director

profie photo of Herman MelvilleName: Herman Melville
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Novel

profie photo of Herman MelvilleName: Herman Melville
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Writer

profie photo of Bruno PéseryName: Bruno Pésery
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer

profie photo of Jean-Pol FargeauName: Jean-Pol Fargeau
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay

profie photo of Bernard FlochName: Bernard Floch
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Supervisor

profie photo of Laurent AllaireName: Laurent Allaire
Department: Art
Job/Role: Production Design

profie photo of Nelly QuettierName: Nelly Quettier
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor

profie photo of Regine ConstantName: Regine Constant
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration

profie photo of Stéphane ThiébautName: Stéphane Thiébaut
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

profie photo of Jean-Pierre LaforceName: Jean-Pierre Laforce
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Designer

profie photo of Lauren SedofskyName: Lauren Sedofsky
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay

profie photo of Jean-Louis UghettoName: Jean-Louis Ughetto
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Designer

profie photo of Scott WalkerName: Scott Walker
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Music

profie photo of Esmé SciaroniName: Esmé Sciaroni
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Artist

profie photo of Béatrice WickName: Béatrice Wick
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Designer

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Reviews Section

rated 3.5 out of 5
June 23, 2021

When Leos Carax's film POLA X premiered in 1999, it was seen then as part of the New French Extremity movement, with critics and audiences picking up on its unsimulated sex scene. Yet that forms only a brief few minutes of quite ample film. Two decades on, audiences of today ought to look past the sensation and appreciate the film for what it really has to offer: a convincing contemporary take on Hermann Meville's psychological novel PIERRE, and the way Carax interweaves Melville's structure of 19th-century wealthy elites with harrowing references to contemporary France, Bosnia and the plight of Balkan refugees. The son of a deceased diplomat of some note, Pierre (Guillaume Depardieu) lives in splendor in rural France, in a manor house with his widowed mother (Catherine Deneuve). Things are going well for young Pierre: a novel he has written has become a bestseller and he is engaged to the lovely Lucie (Delphine Chuillot). But then he encounters a mysterious woman named Isabelle (Yekaterina Golubeva) who tells him in broken French that she is his half-sister, born to Pierre's diplomat father and an unknown Balkan woman. Isabelle is in fact less a character and more a spectral presence that haunts Pierre's life. Intrigued by this otherworldly creature, Pierre gives up his privileged existence and enters into a vividly depicted bohemianism that brings about his physical and mental decline. POLA X prefers to tell its story more through visceral images than dialogue. In fact, the dialogue is deliberately stilted, allowing the film to dip in and out of its basis in Melville’s 19th-century novel. So much of the story of Pierre's decline is told through the bucolic idyll of the first half of the film and the brutal squalor he later chooses. This imagery is so strong that even if POLA X feels somewhat too tentative about itself to rank as one of the all-time greatest films, it has haunted this viewer's thoughts since watching it. Another nice touch of POLA X is the close way in which Carax worked with the composer of the film's score Scott Walker, who was then fresh from his acclaimed album TILT. When Pierre leaves home after meeting Isabelle, he enters into a bizarre community of artists in an industrial setting, who seem to be hiding sinister plans behind their avant-garde work. It is here that Walker's score goes from the subdued strings of the first half of the film into brasher, more aggressive sounds. Carax has set things up so this music is both diegetic and non-diegetic, part of the outside narration of Pierre's psychological decline and contemporary political strife as much as the film's action itself.


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