Cinema
Boy Meets Girl
Leos Carax · 1984
Synopsis
One night in Paris, on the quays of the Seine. Alex, an apprentice filmmaker, cannot get over his break-up with Florence and lashes out at his best friend, Thomas. Elsewhere in the city, a young woman, Mireille, in despair, is also living through the end of a love. Alex wanders through Paris until morning, and the paths of these two wounded people eventually cross.
Context
It is Carax's first feature film, in which he depicts the disillusion of a Parisian youth through two wounded characters. Shot in black and white, it owes its look to Jean-Yves Escoffier. Denis Lavant plays Alex and Mireille Perrier plays Mireille. Shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1984, in the Critics' Week, the film was released in France on 21 November 1984.
Who it is for
One hour forty minutes; a nocturnal, contemplative film, in which the images matter more than the plot.
Prizes and reception
Restored in 4K, it appears in the box set Three Films by Leos Carax published by Criterion on 29 September 2026.
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