Une affaire privée (2002)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Guillaume Nicloux

Writer:

Guillaume Nicloux (writer)

Release Date:

30 April 2002 (France)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Part Of Trilogy | Male Frontal Nudity | Neo Noir | Female Frontal Nudity | Female Nudity

Cast

Thierry Lhermitte	...	François Manéri
Marion Cotillard	...	Clarisse Entoven
Samuel Le Bihan	...	Vincent Walt
Aurore Clément	...	Madame Siprien
Frédéric Diefenthal	...	Femme bar de nuit
Jeanne Balibar	...	Sylvie, l'ex de Manéri
Robert Hirsch	...	Vieil homme
Garance Clavel	...	Sandrine Pujol
Clovis Cornillac	...	Freddy
Lydia Andrei	...	Marion
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	...	Homme Apolus
Consuelo De Haviland	...	Claudine Després, la directrice de l'agence
Niels Arestrup	...	Le père de Rachel
Philippe Nahon	...	Mathieu
Marie-Armelle Deguy	...	Nadège, la soeur de Manéri

Also Known As:

A Private Affair (International: English title)

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Bac Films

Movie Connections:

Followed by Cette femme-là (2003)

Moody, murky, sexy detective story - and a glimpse into the life of the detective

A moody, sexy French detective story with more than a passing nod to the film noir tradition. We enter the strange murky world of private detective François Manéri as he tries to find out what happened to a missing girl. There's a lot to keep track of, and lots of false leads, but the overall achievement is in creating the story through the eyes of the main character, with all his flaws, than in a cut and paste murder mystery. I found the European very natural depiction of the skilled but all too human detective captivating, in stark contrast to the more formulaic characters of American detective stories.