History Film / TheDreamers

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Isabelle catches Theo masturbating to old pictures of actress Marlene Dietrich, and then has him do it in front of her and Matthew.

* {{Fetish}}: In a scene when Isabelle is wearing nothing but a sheet around her waist and black opera gloves against a black background (making it look like she has no arms from just above the elbows), Matthew says "I've always wanted to make love to the Venus de Milo."

The film is set against the backdrop of the 1968 student riots in France. Matthew (Creator/MichaelPitt), an American exchange student, befriends Isabelle (Creator/EvaGreen) and Théo (Louis Garrel), an [[{{Twincest}} unusually close]] twin brother and sister, and becomes involved with the sister.

* DefiniteArticleTitle: The title is ''The Dreamers''.

* FemmeFatale: The film evokes this trope with who is comfortable [[IncestSubtext being naked around her brother and watching him masturbate]]. There's something very erotically dangerous about her - so it's no surprise that when the movie turns out to be happening during the 1968 Paris riots that Isabelle and her brother immediately get involved. Is

* TheSixties: the movie is basically a collection of everything that was cool about the sixties. It is an idealized vision full of the usual images: free love, weed all around, Music/JanisJoplin records, and debates about Maoism, UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, and the greatness of Music/EricClapton vs. Music/JimiHendrix.

* NeverTrustATrailer: Isabelle: "There's something we've always wanted to do but we've been waiting for the right person to do it with..."
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* TheSixties: the movie is basically a collection of everything that was cool about the sixties. It is an idealized vision full of the usual images: free love, weed all around, Music/JanisJoplin records, and debates about Maoism, UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, and the greatness of Music/EricClapton vs. Music/JimiHendrix.

The film is set against the backdrop of the 1968 student riots in Paris. Matthew (Creator/MichaelPitt), an American exchange student, befriends Isabelle (Creator/EvaGreen) and Théo (Louis Garrel), an [[{{Twincest}} unusually close]] twin brother and sister, and becomes involved with the sister.

* PornWithPlot: The entire movie. The plot is about three friends exploring their sexuality and having plenty of sex with each other. All of this is set in the backdrop of the 1968 Paris riots in France and the characters occasionally discuss it.

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Isabelle catches Theo masturbating to old pictures of actress Marlene Dietrich, and then has him do it in front of her and Matthew.

''The Dreamers'' is a 2003 film by Creator/BernardoBertolucci based on the novel ''The Holy Innocents'' by Gilbert Adair.

* IdealizedSex: {{Averted|Trope}}. Hence the NC-17 rating in America.

* ShoutOut: To lots of old movies starring the likes of Creator/GretaGarbo. The characters often reenact scenes from classic movies (the director then usually cuts to a clip of the original). Example: Matthew, Theo and Isabelle run through the Louvre in order to break the record set in the movie ''Film/BandeAPart''. Also, the twins play a game in which they later involve Matthew: you reenact a movie scene and the other person has to recognize that scene or else fulfill a usually squicky dare.

* HideYourLesbians: In the book it's based on, ''The Holy Innocents'' by Gilbert Adair, the sexuality between Matthew and Theo was just as developed as that between Matthew and Isabelle. In the movie, the two boys just indulge in a little HoYay, while Matthew and Isabelle actually have lots of sex onscreen.
* IdealizedSex: {{Averted|Trope}}. Hence the NC-17 rating.

%%* AThreesomeIsHot

* GilliganCut: Isabelle vehemently refusing to let Matthew into her room. Cut to next scene with Matthew exploring her room.

* TheTheTitle: The title is ''The Dreamers''.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: As said in CaughtWithYourPantsDown, Isabelle catches Theo masturbating to old pictures of actress Marlene Dietrich, and then has him do it in front of her and Matthew.

* ShoutOut: To lots of old movies starring the likes of Creator/GretaGarbo. The characters often reenact scenes from classic movies (the director then usually cuts to a clip of the original). Example: Matthew, Theo and Isabelle run through the Louvre in order to break the record set in the movie ''Bande à part'' (''Band of Outsiders''). Also, the twins play a game in which they later involve Matthew : you reenact a movie scene and the other person has to recognize that scene or else fulfill a usually squicky dare.

%%* CloudCuckooLander: Theo and Isabelle.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Matthew, who points out that [[ArtisticLicenseBiology since Theo and Isabelle are different genders their claim of being identical twins must be false.]]
* HideYourGays: In the book it's based on, ''The Holy Innocents'' by Gilbert Adair, the sexuality between Matthew and Theo was just as developed as that between Matthew and Isabelle. In the movie, the two boys just indulge in a little HoYay, while Matthew and Isabelle actually have lots of sex onscreen.
* IdealizedSex: {{Averted}}. Hence the NC-17 rating.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Matthew, who points out that [[YouFailBiologyForever since Theo and Isabelle are different genders their claim of being identical twins must be false.]]

* FetishFuel: In-Universe. In a scene when Isabelle is wearing nothing but a sheet around her waist and black opera gloves against a black background (making it look like she has no arms from just above the elbows), Matthew says "I've always wanted to make love to the Venus de Milo."

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* TheSixties: the movie is basically a collection of everything that was cool about the sixties. It is an idealized vision full of the usual images: free love, weed all around, Music/JanisJoplin records, and debates about Maoism, TheVietnamWar, and the greatness of Music/EricClapton vs. Music/JimiHendrix.

The film is set against the backdrop of the 1968 student riots in Paris. Matthew (Michael Pitt), an American exchange student, befriends Isabelle (Creator/EvaGreen) and Théo (Louis Garrel), an [[{{Twincest}} unusually close]] twin brother and sister, and becomes involved with the sister.

The film is set against the backdrop of the 1968 student riots in Paris. Matthew (Michael Pitt), an American exchange student, befriends Isabelle (Eva Green) and Théo (Louis Garrel), an [[{{Twincest}} unusually close]] twin brother and sister, and becomes involved with the sister.

%%* EuropeansAreKinky

ADateWithRosiePalms: As said in CaughtWithYourPantsDown, Isabelle catches Theo masturbating to old pictures of actress Marlene Dietrich, and then has him do it in front of her and Matthew.

* TheSixties: the movie is basically a collection of everything that was cool about the sixties. It is an idealized vision full of the usual images : free love, weed all around, Music/JanisJoplin records, and debates about Maoism, the Vietnam War, and the greatness of Music/EricClapton vs. Music/JimiHendrix.