She tells him all about her problems, her fears, some very intimate details. This one is french and i had my sound on all the time becuase facial movement and body language are supreme to the authenticity of intimate strangers and listening to cultivated french is very much like listening to good music. Intimate strangers this stylish french film about a woman who confesses her deepest marital secrets to a tax lawyer promises to be a hitchcockian thriller until it fizzles weirdly out. Intimate strangers will appeal most to mature audiences into french people flicks. Watching lee jaekyoos intimate strangers felt just like watching the twolves play during that disappointing season. Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica. They end up playing a game where they must share all the messages and calls to their cell phones. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard. Intimate strangers is a talky drama that feels like an erotic thriller. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. The atmosphere marvellously represents real life in france at the time the film was made. Think of the circus knife thrower who takes on a new woman as his target.
Though the conceit may sound a bit contrived, leconte brings it off, thanks to a subtly intelligent script and deadon performances by luchini and and the entrancing bonnaire. Placing each of their phones on the table, they agree to share the content of every message they receive, as they have nothing to hide. The internet adult film database is an online searchable database of over 490,038 adult movies titles and 200,604 porn performers. He is quite capable, as in intimate strangers, of telling a story that has completely different meanings for the major characters, so that although they occupy the same rooms and hear the. A frenchlanguage version of the film, titled le jeu lit. In intimate strangers, as in other leconte movies, he seems like the type of character who would rather retreat into private fantasy than pursue his desires. Confidences trop intimes intimate strangers 2004, directed by patrice leconte, is a french film through and through.
Sandrine bonnaire, as anna, is an unhappily married woman seeking a therapist. It started out well,a misunderstanding bringing 2 people together,with the makings of a good thriller and a story about relationships. Intimate strangers 1 hour 50 minutes scene selection. Intimate strangers 2004 letterboxd your life in film. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. The film features finely nuanced performances and penetrating insights into. Men in the films of patrice leconte sometimes find themselves in a kind of paralysis of admiration for women. Sandrine bonnaire and fabrice luchini are very convincing in their roles. Placing each of their phones on the table, they agree to share the content of every message they receive. This modest frenchlanguage film follows the timehonored cinematic tradition of plot as spearheaded by a simple twist of fate. Upon returning to the states, she must cope with her readjustment to postwar society, pow nightmares and her husbands new wife. Intimate strangers, an american madefortv drama, also known as battered.
The neighbor official trailer new 2018 william fichtner, jessica mcnamee thriller movie hd duration. French writer and director patrice leconte is a master explorer of the ways in which strangers are thrown together and challenged emotionally. Maria temporarily moves to rio to be close to her husband, pedro, who is acting in a tv series. Intimate strangers has a theatre kind of feel about it with much of the film having only luchini and bonnaire on the stage so to speak, and the closeness of the action on that stagealso gives the film a sense of intimacy. Intimate strangers is a 2018 south korean comedydrama film directed by lee jaekyoo and written by bae seyoung, based on the 2016 italian film perfect strangers. An ingenious french treat with psychological underpinnings, director lecontes intimate strangers is a meditation on the randomness of life and fate. While the majority of the film takes place in the conservative space of williams office, the strong characters with all of their quirks and subtleties create a current of mystery which is intimate strangers greatest strength. French wsubs intimate strangers vhs fabrice luchini, sandrine bonnaire. Lifelong friends and married couple, seokho and yejin, invite their close friends since childhood over for a housewarming dinner. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. Far from her friends and work, maria feels isolated, and although now in the same city, she also grows increasingly distant from pedro, who spends his days in the studio.
An enchanting french film designed to reveal the changes that take place in the lives of two very lost souls. Rent intimate strangers 2004 starring sandrine bonnaire and fabrice luchini on dvd and bluray. Intimate strangers is the remake of a movie with the same name and really, it felt as a remake. Confidences trop intimes is a 2004 french film directed by patrice leconte. They end up playing a game where they must share all messages and calls to their cell phones. Intimate strangers is a south korean film about a group of seven friends who get together for a dinner party, and decide to play a game. It features an ensemble cast that includes yoo haejin, cho jinwoong, lee seojin, yum jungah, kim jisoo, song hayoon and yoon kyungho. Fabrice luchini as william, is a marginally unhappy tax lawyer, seeking something meaningful outside of his work. It gives us an unusual connection between strangers, hints at. He is incapable of a film that exists on one level, for one purpose. A cop helps her in his spare time in tracing the killer and protecting her.
The film had such superb acting, so many funny and witty moments. Some of the stories or scenes looked strange for a korean movie, although, most of them were forced to feat the korean standards. But its thanks to the french new wave filmmakers that filmmakers of my generation have the gumption to make films our way. French director patrice leconte specializes in movies about lonely, eccentric souls who seem ordinary enough to neighbors or passing.
Intimate strangers is hitchcockian noir with a gallic twist. Lifelong friends and married couple seokho and yejin, invite their close friends over for a housewarming dinner. Yet without losing any of its teasing ambiguities, the film supplies his story with a wonderfully gratifying coda. Masterfully directed by french film legen patrice leconte man on the train, girl on the bridge, the widow of st. Intimate strangers is a 2004 french film directed by patrice leconte. Paramount classics acquired the united states distribution rights of this film and gave it a limited u. Four friends meet for the first time in a long time play a game that reveals each others secrets. It was shown in competition at the 2004 berlin film. Intimate strangerswritten and directed by patrice leconte starring sandrine bonnaire and fabrice luchini classification. With a score of 69%, intimate strangers is above the average cinafilm score for movies made in 2004, which stands at 61%.
Because she picked the wrong door, anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named william faber. Rather than simply imitating the genres form, directorscreenwriter patrice leconte delves into the underlying psychological drama. Europe intimate strangers french movie today i saw a really good movie in french, confidences trop intimes starring fabrice luchini and sandrine bonnaire. With debbie harry, james russo, paige french, tim thomerson. Their music is a mixture of bowie, bryan ferry and haircut 100 mark. Pierre, intimate strangers takes you on a journey into the depths of human relationships and shows just how intimate strangers can be. Lorna singhs rating of the film intimate strangers lorna singh a disappointment from the team of monsieur hire. Intimate strangers french movie fodors travel talk forums. Though it starts off lightly, more and more uncomfortable, hidden. Intimate strangers miniseries, a 1981 australian miniseries the intimate stranger, an australian film from director roy darling that was never completed. Rent intimate strangers 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd.
It was shown in competition at the 2004 berlin film festival. Intimate strangers takes place less in the real world than in the realm of voyeuristic fantasy in other words, in the realm of film itself, which allows us to ogle beautiful people under. A vietnam war nurse, who was captured by the enemy and held prisoner of war for many years, escapes her captors and finds her way back to america. A group of seven friends decide to play a game at a dinner party. Cory is a bar singer and phone sex operator, who witnesses a murder on the phone. Intimate strangers is a film directed by lee jaegyu with cho jinwoong, kim jisu, lee seojin, song hayoon, year.
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