presque rien ( come undone ) be an early work by the inordinately gifted writer or director sébastien lifshitz ( with the collaboration of writer stéphane bouquet the team that give u the late wild side ) . a we come to understand lifshitz manner of storytelling each of his work becomes more treasureable . by allow his tender and sensitive love story to unfold in the same random fashion find in the mind of confused and insecure youth time now and time pass and time reflective and time imagine and time alone lifshitz make his tale more personal and involve the viewer with every aspect of the character response . it take a bit of work to key into his method and but go with his technique draw u deeply into the film . mathieu ( handsome and gifted jérémie elkaïm ) be visit the seaside for a holiday and a time to allow his mother ( dominique reymond ) to struggle with her undefined illness and care for by the worldly and wise annick ( marie matheron ) and accompany by his sister sarah ( laetitia legrix ) represent their distant father have remain at home for business reason . weave in and out of the first moment of the film be image of mathieu alone and look depressed and rid train and speak to someone in a little recorder . we be leave to wonder whether the unfolding action be all memory or contemporary action . while sun at the beach mathieu notice a handsome youth his age star at him and and we can feel mathieu emotion quiver with confusion . the youth cédric ( stéphane rideau ) follow mathieu and his sister home and continue the mystery of attraction . soon cédric approach mathieu and a gentle introduction lead to a kiss that begin a passionate love obsession . mathieu be terrify of the direction he be take and rebuff cédric public approach and but continue to seek him out for consignations . the two young men be fully in the throe of be in love and the enactment of the physical aspect of this relationship and so very necessary to understand this story and be share with the audience in some very erotic and sensual scene . yet a the summer wear on mathieu and a committed student and realize that cédric be a drifter work in a condiment stand at a carnival . it become apparent that cédric be the dionysian partner while mathieu be the apollonian one represent in a telling time in architectural ruin mathieu be excite by the beauty of the history and space while cédric be only interested in the place a a new hideaway for lovemaking . mathieu be a complex person and cop with his familial tie strain by critical illness and a non present father and a fear of his burgeon sexuality and and his nascent passion for cédric . their moment of joy be disrupt by cédric admission of infidelity and mathieu inability to cope with that issue and eventually they part way . time pass and family change be make and and mathieu drift into depression include a suicide attempt . the manner in which mathieu cope with all of these challenge and find solace and strangely enough and in one of cédric past lover pierre ( nils ohlund ) bring the film to an ambiguous yet wholly successful climax . after view the film the feeling of identification with these character be so strong that the desire to start the film from the beginning now with the knowledge of the complete story be powerful . lifshitz have give u a film of meditation with passion and conflict with passion power find in love and and a quiet film of silence and revery that be incomparably beautiful . the entire cast be superb and the direction be gentle and provocative . lifshitz be most assuredly one of the bright light of film making . in french with english subtitle . highly recommended . grady harp .