Boy Meets Girl

1984, 100', Leos Carax, French dialogue

Alex is a depressed aspiring filmmaker who spends his days writing love letters and shoplifting. The day before he leaves for military service, Alex crashes an elegant party, where he falls in love with a suicidal young woman. Both are recovering from recent heartbreaks, desperately searching for a romantic connection. They find themselves entangled in an unhealthy, co-dependent relationship as their lives spiral out of control. Boy Meets Girl is Leos Carax’s directorial debut and a winner of the Cannes Film Festival Award of the Youth.

Leos Carax, born Alex Christophe Dupont, is a French film director, writer, and critic, widely known as an exemplar of post-New Wave filmmaking. Carax is known for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His most recent feature film, Holy Motors (2012), competed in Cannes for the Palm d'Or.