Private Fears in Public Places

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Private Fears in Public Places

2007,

2h 3m,

Comedy/

Drama

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78%

65 Reviews

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53%

2,500+ Ratings

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78%

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65 Reviews

53%

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2,500+ Ratings

Six Parisians engage in a lonely and mostly unsuccessful search for real love: Nicole (Sabine Azéma) and Dan (Pierre Arditi) are engaged to be married, but his drinking drives them apart; Thierry (Isabelle Carré) flirts with a religious co-worker (André Dussollier) who has a secret vice; Gaelle (Lambert Wilson) answers numerous personal ads, but her dates never show up.

Critics Consensus

The premise isn't anything new, but director Alain Resnais' attention to detail and smooth camerawork gives this movie a delicate edge.

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Glenn Kenny

Premiere Magazine

Jan 4, 2008

4/4

What makes Private Fears so extraordinary is not just how it completely upends the expectations that have come to seem inherent in such a structure, but how Resnais constantly pushes the boundaries of his, well, let's call it visual depiction.

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Oct 27, 2007

What reaches us, most of all, are the hidden, unmet longings that keep the film's Parisian characters from finding true happiness.

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Nick Funnell

Little White Lies

Jul 20, 2007

Not one he'll be remembered for, but a cut above.

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

Nov 4, 2020

2/5

Intersecting stories of heartbreak and loneliness seen a thousand times. [Full review in Spanish]

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Ellie Lucas

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Jun 6, 2019

3/4

It is a beautifully crafted work, with lovely cinematography by Eric Gautier and a sharp screenplay by Jean-Michel Ribes, that finds hope in a world where life doesn't always work out the way it was planned.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Aug 27, 2009

A graceful roundelay of disconnection

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Alain Resnais

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Sabine Azéma

Charlotte

Pierre Arditi

Lionel

Laura Morante

Nicole

Lambert Wilson

Dan

Isabelle Carré

Gaelle

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Synopsis

Six Parisians engage in a lonely and mostly unsuccessful search for real love: Nicole (Sabine Azéma) and Dan (Pierre Arditi) are engaged to be married, but his drinking drives them apart; Thierry (Isabelle Carré) flirts with a religious co-worker (André Dussollier) who has a secret vice; Gaelle (Lambert Wilson) answers numerous personal ads, but her dates never show up.

Director: Alain Resnais
Producer: Bruno Pèsery
Screenwriter: Alain Resnais, Jean-Michel Ribes, Alan Ayckbourn
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Studio Canal
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $134.2K
Runtime: 2h 3m

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