A Couch in New York
(1996)
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A Couch in New York
(1996)
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| Juliette Binoche | ... |
Beatrice Saulnier
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| William Hurt | ... |
Henry Harriston
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Stephanie Buttle | ... |
Anne
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| Barbara Garrick | ... |
Lizbeth Honeywell
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| Paul Guilfoyle | ... |
Dennis
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| Richard Jenkins | ... |
Campton
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Kent Broadhurst | ... |
Tim
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Matthew Burton | ... |
Wood
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| Henry Bean | ... |
Stein
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Bernard Breuse | ... |
Jerôme
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| Adam LeFevre | ... |
Restaurant Patron
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Boris Leskin | ... |
Cab Driver #1
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Tiffany Fraser | ... |
Julie
(as Tiffany Frazer)
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Wendy Way | ... |
Employee at Airport
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| Jerry Dean | ... |
Cab Driver #2
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Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Both don't know each other and both find themselves deeply involved into the social settings of the other, because the decision to change their flats is made overnight. Could be the perfect amusement, but suddenly Henry finds himself beaten up by Beatrice' lover and Beatrice is considered to be Dr. Harriston's substitute by his clients. Written by Oliver Heidelbach
The basic tension of opposites attract is carried out in an exquisitely delicate manner. A New York psychiatrist exchanges apartments with a woman in Paris. He is orderly tidy controlled. She is - well opposite. He moves into her disheveled apartment complete with bad plumbing, a roof in disrepair and the importunities of her crazed lover. She moves into his and is beset by his patients demanding to be treated. She obliges and with the help of her friend (who has had analysis) learns to say "uh huh" and repeat the last word of the patient's sentences. They get better. His dog is happier. A nice point is he is shown as competent as her lover starts to feel better when talking to him. This is the last straw that drives him back to New York.
He can't go back to his apartment, but stops by, sees his patients coming out looking better. Fascinated, he makes an appointment. The relationship unfolds.
The cool thing about this movie is it is not forced like so many modern comedies.You realize how strident such recent comedies such as "One Fine Day" and "Fools Rush In" are in comparison.
So wonderfully delicate.