Choses secrètes (2002)

A Two young girl has lived in Paris special to sincerely, and they must have sexually contact starts to secret things.

Director:

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Writer:

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Stars:

Coralie Revel, Sabrina Seyvecou, Roger Miremont

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Coralie Revel	...	Nathalie
Sabrina Seyvecou	...	Sandrine
Roger Miremont	...	Delacroix (as Roger Mirmont)
Fabrice Deville	...	Christophe
Blandine Bury	...	Charlotte
Olivier Soler	...	Cadene
Viviane Théophildès	...	Mme. Mercier
Dorothée Picard	...	Delacroix's Mother
Pierre Gabaston	...	Bar Patron
María Luisa García	...	Sandrine's Mother (as Lisa Hérédia)
Arnaud Goujon	...	Personnel Manager
Liès Kidji	...	The Young Thief
Patricia Candido Trinca	...	Office Employee
Lydia Chopart	...	Office Employee
Michaël Couvreur	...	Office Employee

Storyline

Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure. Both find positions in the office of a large bank, where bored, under-stimulated, prey are easy pickings. After making their way though several layers of executives at the bank, with destructive, and lucrative, results, they approach Christophe, scion to the bank director. What they don't know is that Christophe is a manipulative voyeur, whose last two lovers set themselves on fire when he rejected them. A connoisseur of high-class orgies, Christophe is only interested in new talent to satisfy the appetites of all whom he controls. In Christophe, the girls have found an opponent who knows all their wiles, and will challenge their simple under-class friendship with levels of jealousy and ecstasy that they have never experienced before. Will they survive?

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Plot Keywords:

unsimulated sex | stripper | orgy | blow job | sex on floor | 

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Taglines:

The delectably twisted fable centers on two penniless but shapely young women who set out to better their social station by manipulating men.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

16 October 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

Coisas Secretas

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,421, 4 January 2004, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$104,533, 11 July 2004

Company Credits

Production Co:

Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC),La Sorcière Rouge,Les Aventuriers de l'Image

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#01, with "Ten")

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Goofs

The end of the movie is supposed to take place after Nathalie is released from prison, several years after the main plot takes place. Yet the movies advertised on the advertisement pillar in the background (See Spot Run, Town & Country) were released in France around the same weeks as the movies referenced in the main plot's time frame (Sleepwalker etc.).

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Quotes

Sandrine: What do you feel dancing naked with all those people watching?
Nathalie: Nothing.
Sandrine: But you excite them.
Nathalie: Usually it's routine.
Sandrine: Usually?
Nathalie: On stage once, I came the hardest I ever had.
Sandrine: Even with a guy?
Nathalie: That night I came the hardest I ever had.
Sandrine: Why?
Nathalie: Because people were watching.
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in Cinema According to Brisseau (2007)

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Soundtracks

La Passion selon Saint-Jean
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Netherlands Radio Chorus

User Reviews

sex as a means to an end

Two women who work at a bar decide to use sex to get what they want from life. While they become very successful, things also end up taking a turn or two that they didn't expect. I liked this very adult movie very much. This is a very sexy movie with some very likable women as the leads. The prospect of using sex as a means to an end is of course a way of life for many people, both male and female, and here we see it in action. Watching it I was surprised by how the film didn't go in the directions I thought it would and was pleased that it wasn't this dark noirish tale that cover art seemed to imply.Actually as I was watching the film I was struck by how much this film reminded me of Exterminating Angels, another off beat, but in a good way, French film about a director trying to get the right women to perform sexually for a film he was doing. When I checked IMDb after watching Secret Things I found that the director for both films was the same and that the process of making Secret Things was the inspiration for Exterminating Angels. I can't wait to have a double feature. A great deal of nudity and sexual activity, so keep this away from the kids. Recommended.