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Director:
Writer:
Catherine Breillat (writer)
Release Date:
5 June 2002 (France)
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Plot:
A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other. full summary | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
Peter Bradshaw: Richard Brody's list of the decade's finest movies tops my chart
(From The Guardian - Film News. 2 December 2009, 2:41 AM, PST)
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(From The Guardian - Film News. 2 December 2009, 2:41 AM, PST)
IFC Films to Stream Content Through Netflix
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I have to make the truth
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anne Parillaud | ... | Jeanne |
| Grégoire Colin | ... | The Actor |
| Roxane Mesquida | ... | The Actress |
| Ashley Wanninger | ... | Leo, the first assistant |
| Dominique Colladant | ... | Willy |
| Bart Binnema | ... | Director of Photography |
| Yves Osmu | ... | The sound engineer |
| Francis Seleck | ... | The production manager |
| Elisabete Piecho | ... | Continuity Girl |
| Francis Selleck | ... | Production Manager (as Francis Seleck) |
| Diane Scapa | ... | The production designer |
| Ana Lorena | ... | The make-up artist |
| Claire Monatte | ... | The other make-up artist (as Claire Monnatte) |
| Arnaldo Junior | ... | The chief electrician |
| Elisabete Silva | ... | The boom operator |
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Also Known As:
Scènes intimes (France) (working title)
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Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic nudity and dialogue.
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Runtime:
92 min | France:94 min
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Netherlands:16 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
South Korea:18 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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References À ma soeur! (2001)
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I wasn't surprised to read a comment by the director to the effect that she made this film as an antidote to all those "making of" DVD featurettes, as that certainly struck me. I do confess that I have a penchant for "meta," but I found this film to be very accessible and entertaining, and not even in a labored, self-consciously clever way, which is certainly a bit of what you expect in a film about film-making. It is very "French" in that there are a great deal of outlandish, yet occasionally compelling theories about how film-making (and even sexuality) "works," but since the director doesn't quite play herself (using an avatar instead), we're left with a lot of choices (since I'm pretty sure she's constantly contradicting herself). Apparently Catherine Breillat specializes in hard-to-watch films, but I'd definitely say this one doesn't qualify. I really enjoyed the dialog, the balance between the cinematic and the natural, the relationships between the director character and her assistant and actor, and so on. Highly recommended.