COME UNDONE

Gorgeous, bronzed bodies on the beaches of France and a passionate romance between two French youths are reason enough to buy Come Undone, but this bittersweet film also has something poignant to say about the heartbreak of gay first love.  Eighteen-year-old Mathieu is vacationing at the beach with his family when he meets local teen Cédric (Stéphane Rideau, the object of affection in Wild Reeds).   After an extremely erotic kiss, the boys begin a hot and heavy affair, complete with skinny-dipping at night, nude dancing on the beach and intense lovemaking in the dunes.  Yet as Mathieu grapples with his sexuality and copes with his sick mother, absent father and annoying kid sister his bond with Cédric grows stronger until it bursts.  The film, directed and co-written by Sébastien Lifshitz (who was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld and profiled along with Elkaïm in the October 2001 issue of Interview Magazine) beautifully conveys Mathieus coming-of-age.  Both Elkaïm and Rideau are incredibly sexy leads and give remarkable performances as the affectionate teens.
 



" Shimmeringly beautiful and utterly real."
Stephen Holden, New York Times

"Sebastien Lifshitz' COME UNDONE is the most mature depiction of a young gay male's romantic awakening I have ever seen."
Jan Stuart, The Advocate

"It's refreshing to see a movie about young gay love in which homosexuality is not a problem or an issue."
Bruce Shenitz, Out Magazine

"These are the kind of teen love stories we want to see!"
Andy Jones, Genre Magazine

"Seductive!"
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

"This beautifully visualized story of first love from a gay perspective is marked by extraordinarily nuanced performances."
Staff, Seattle Weekly

"Succeeds splendidly."
Dennis Dermody, Paper Magazine

"Startlingly frank and sensual."
Brandon Judell, Indiewire.com

"Both Elkaim and Rideau are incredibly sexy leads and give remarkable performances."
Gary Kramer, Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

"Simmers with sensuality!"
Gregg Kilday, The Advocate

"A challenging, rewarding film that aspires to a psychological complexity American queer film rarely attempts anymore."
Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly

"A love story that is both complex and delightfully explicit!"
David Lamble, Bay Area Reporter

"Hot boys, great story!"
Marcus-Jay Wonacott, San Francisco Frontiers

"Elkaim and Rideau's performances are wonderfully naturalistic, expressing a freedom of body and spirit through almost purely visual means."
Robert Koehler, Variety

"Disturbing, sympathetic, nonmelodramatic, and very much like real life."
Dennis Harvey, San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Elkaim is wonderful...(and) Rideau, who is almost too sexy for words, plays Cedric with just the right combination of brutishness and sensuality."
Rod Armstrong, Reel.com

"Intriguing and beautiful. I couldn't take my eyes away from the screen."
Jodi Paper, San Francisco Examiner

"The photography is strong, the performances sympathetic and the sex plentiful!"
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

"Charged by Rideau's amazingly sexy performance as the most forthright gay character put on screen to date, this is a fine piece of filmmaking."
David Ehrenstein, New Times Los Angeles

"COME UNDONE brings maximum subtlety, nuance and insight into the timeless story of first love."
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times






Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mix
Interactive motion menus
Biographies
Featurette: Jeremie Elkaïm Does Chicago - An entertaining featurette starring the sexy lead actor during his U.S. promotional tour
TV commercial
Theatrical trailer
Chapter stops

Special Note: The VHS and DVD versions offered here are of the Director's Original, Uncensored Cut of COME UNDONE. They are NOT RATED.

running time: 98 min.

visit the official COME UNDONE site