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A love story betweem two emotionally damaged outsiders, Alice et Martin marks auteur Andre Techine's return to the haunting and intense territory of The Wild Reeds and reunites him with Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche. Following the death of his father, 20 year old Martin goes missing. He eventually reappears, distressed and fragile, at the Paris apartment shared by his half brother Benjamin and his flatmate Alice. Finding work as a model, Martin becomes successful and begins to recover his self-confidence. Tentatively, a love affair between him and the sensitive and troubled Alice develops and she eventually becomes pregnant. However, their happiness is short-lived as the mystery of Martin's past unravels and he reveals to her a terrible secret.
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