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A sexually transmitted disease called STBO is sweeping the country; it's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment. While a serum that can treat the disease has been formulated, it's been locked away in an inaccessible government building. A woman hires a man to steal the serum.
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100
The final KO of a brilliant cinematic one-two punch, Leos Carax’s follow-up to his gobsmacking feature debut, Boy Meets Girl (1984), proved this enfant terrible was no one-hit wonder. Boy still meets girl, in the form of feral Denis Levant and gorgeous Juliette Binoche, but this sophomore outing’s real romantic coupling is an artist swooning head over heels for his medium.
80
Village Voice
Bittersweet, haunting, and as original and eccentric as homage movies get.
75
Christian Science Monitor
Distinctive feel.
60
Though the storyline moves in unconvincing fits and starts, Carax gets good performances from his hip young stars.
50
While the screen flashes and flickers, little else is happening.
