Confidences trop intimes

English title: Intimate Strangers

Genre: psychological drama

With: Fabrice Luchini (William Faber), Sandrine Bonnaire (Anna), Michel Duchaussoy (Dr. Monnier), Anne Brochet (Jeanne), Laurent Gamelon (Luc, Jeanne’s friend), Hélène Surgère (Mrs. Mulon), Gilbert Melki (Marc), Urbain Cancelier (Chatel, Dr. Monnier’s patient)

Director: Patrice Leconte

Screenplay: Jérôme Tonnerre and Patrice Leconte

Release: 2004

Studio: Les Films Alain Sarde et al.

Rating: R

MBiS score: 8.2/10

‟You see… I need to know where she lives.”

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Story-line: on her way to see a psychiatrist, Anna mistakenly enters William Faber’s tax office and begins explaining her personal problems to him. If you were Faber, what would you do?

Pluses: excellent acting by Fabrice Luchini (a staid and sentimental William), Sandrine Bonnaire (the bewitching Anna) and Anne Brochet (William’s saucy ex), an intelligent screenplay tinged with psychological insights, eroticism and a dash of suspense à la Hitchcock, fine direction and solid production values.

Minuses: none I can think of.  

Comments: starting with a very simple premise, Patrice Leconte and crew have whipped up a healthy serving of movie magic. CONFIDENCES TROP INTIMES (roughly translated as ‟Secrets Too Personal”) supplies a foxy story, several deliciously ambiguous moments, one incredible dance scene (you’ve got company, John Travolta!) and a wonderful ending. Who could ask for anything more?

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