Tenebrae Lessons
2001 · 77 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 71 VOTES · DIR. Vincent Dieutre
Overview
“The Nineties had a pretty bad start”, this is how Vincent Dieutre introduces us to the shadows of his personal universe in those years going through Utrecht, Naples and Rome. In these three cities and two love affairs guide a homosexual man on his nightly search for lost beauty. In a cross between a diary and a baroque play the film reconstructs the fragments of a fateful journey against a Caravaggio backdrop. Painting, sensuality, losing oneself in a cityscape: the Leçons de ténèbres form an obscure fresco, a white-hot collage of trashy vanity.
Dialogue Timeline — 359 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 "Tenebrae Lessons" after Jeremiah's Book of Lamentations.
00:03:10 of what and who you really love.
00:05:02 You grew attached to him despite yourself.
00:07:56 You can't do it -
00:08:46 nearby you hear
00:11:26 as if by this they reached a higher, privileged reality.
00:14:59 almost acquiescent.
00:19:54 Tadeusz is defending himself. His suffering is a burden on you.
00:21:30 stopped you from making the slightest remark.
00:23:46 SECOND LESSON NAPLES
00:29:16 The soldier who sat next to you slipped his hand in your pants.
00:32:40 Both of you can, for a few days, a few nights, feed your lies.
00:33:38 except through the open enigma of their images.
00:39:52 Any excessive abandon would put an end to your relationship.
00:43:40 In shadow, the numb vehemence of tenderness takes on body
00:44:43 You are real, I believe
00:50:35 it informs life.
00:51:35 seize you by the throat as the taxi crosses the public garden.
00:52:35 Let yourself go a bit, you'll see how easy it is.
00:56:22 For now, she merely represents your childhood, frozen.
01:05:13 nor is it the pills - you've finished them all.
01:06:48 He is not even angry at you.
01:07:46 the dark splendor of the faces, the tragedy of the light
01:16:20 UBTITLES SUB-TIL Adaptation Joseph Simas
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed359
Dialogue density4.7 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:16:20
Production Record
DirectorVincent Dieutre
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes71