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Intimate Strangers

Play trailer Poster for Intimate Strangers R,  2004,  1h 43m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 85% 97 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
85% Tomatometer 97 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
When a beautiful woman named Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) mistakes a psychiatrist's office for that of tax attorney William (Fabrice Luchini), she unwittingly confesses her deepest and darkest secrets to a perfect stranger. Sexually repressed and lonely, William doesn't have the courage to reveal his true identity to Anna. Maintaining the deception, William begins to enjoy the fake therapy sessions. Every week, the pair meet, and they forge an odd and erotic relationship.
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Critics Consensus

Intimate Strangers is Hitchcockian noir with a Gallic twist: Rather than simply imitating the genre's form, director/screenwriter Patrice Leconte delves into the underlying psychological drama.

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Will Self London Evening Standard Jan 9, 2018
In what is essentially a two-hander you have to expect a little more combustion between the leads, but I never really bought the complicity between them to begin with, so the pay-off seemed preposterous. Go to Full Review
Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter Dec 27, 2004
A mysterious love story takes chances and mostly succeeds. Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis Las Vegas Mercury Sep 8, 2004
4/5
Like its seductive protagonist, Intimate Strangers is a masterful tease. Go to Full Review
Jay Antani Cinema Writer Aug 16, 2010
3/4
pleasant, compelling, worth a look Go to Full Review
Agnieszka Tennant Christianity Today Nov 1, 2006
3.5/4
Director Patrice Leconte subtly infuses the movie with humor and psychological depth. Go to Full Review
Mark Pfeiffer Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Apr 14, 2005
B+
[Leconte is] among the best today at turning out films in the classic French mode. Go to Full Review
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Patrice Leconte

Director

Fabrice Luchini

William

Sandrine Bonnaire

Anna

Michel Duchaussoy

Docteur Monnier

Anne Brochet

Jeanne

Gilbert Melki

Marc

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Intimate Strangers

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Synopsis When a beautiful woman named Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) mistakes a psychiatrist's office for that of tax attorney William (Fabrice Luchini), she unwittingly confesses her deepest and darkest secrets to a perfect stranger. Sexually repressed and lonely, William doesn't have the courage to reveal his true identity to Anna. Maintaining the deception, William begins to enjoy the fake therapy sessions. Every week, the pair meet, and they forge an odd and erotic relationship.
Director
Patrice Leconte
Producer
Christine Gozlan, Alain Sarde
Screenwriter
Jérôme Tonnerre
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
France 2 Cinema, Les Films Alain Sarde
Rating
R (Sexual Dialogue)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 6, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 6, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.1M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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