The Dreamers

The Dreamers is a 2003 French drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, written by Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

A young American exchange student, Matthew, (Michael Pitt) has gone to Paris, France in order to study French. Through his love of cinema, he comes into a rapid friendship with a French woman, Isabelle, (Eva Green) and her brother, Theo (Louis Garrel). All 3 have a severe love for movies, especially "the classics". As their friendship grows, Pitt learns of the extreme intimateness shared by the siblings and gets pulled into their world. Over time he falls in love with them and the three of them seclude themselves from the world falling further and further from the reality of the 1968 student riots. An abrupt ending to this relationship comes when that world is shattered and they are compelled to face the reality of 1968 France.

This movie earned its MPAA NC-17 rating for explicit sexual content bordering on what many have called pornography or voyeurism.