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Colin has money, a cook named Nicolas, and a pianocktail, a piano that makes cocktails. His friend Chick is devoted to the writer Jean-Sol Partre and has met a woman, Alise, who shares that passion. Chick tells Colin about her, and Colin, who has no love of his own, accepts his friend's invitation to a party, where he meets Chloé. The two dance to Duke Ellington, fall in love and marry. On their honeymoon, a water lily enters Chloé's mouth while she sleeps and lodges in her lung. Colin sets out to wither the flower by surrounding her with fresh, beautiful flowers.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mood Indigo (2013)
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- Drafthouse Films put Mood Indigo out in the United States in a version cut down to 94 minutes, against the film's full runtime of 131 minutes — 37 minutes shorter.
- Michel Gondry's shoot on Mood Indigo was troubled enough that he later drew on the experience for his 2023 film The Book of Solutions.
