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A Private Affair

Original title: Une affaire privée
  • 20022002
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 47m
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6.2/10
914
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A Private Affair (2002)
  • Crime
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
It's been six months since Rachel Siprien disappeared. At the request of Rachel's mother, private detective François takes over the investigation. The young woman, with a complex and multi-f... Read allIt's been six months since Rachel Siprien disappeared. At the request of Rachel's mother, private detective François takes over the investigation. The young woman, with a complex and multi-faceted personality, is part of a strange network made up of her best friend, her ex-boyfri... Read allIt's been six months since Rachel Siprien disappeared. At the request of Rachel's mother, private detective François takes over the investigation. The young woman, with a complex and multi-faceted personality, is part of a strange network made up of her best friend, her ex-boyfriend, her stepfather and everyone who knows her well or even slightly. François begins to f... Read all
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  • Director
    • Guillaume Nicloux
  • Writer
    • Guillaume Nicloux
  • Stars
    • Thierry Lhermitte
    • Marion Cotillard
    • Samuel Le Bihan
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  • Director
    • Guillaume Nicloux
  • Writer
    • Guillaume Nicloux
  • Stars
    • Thierry Lhermitte
    • Marion Cotillard
    • Samuel Le Bihan
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    • 8User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Thierry Lhermitte
    Thierry Lhermitte
    • François Manéri
    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Clarisse Entoven
    Samuel Le Bihan
    Samuel Le Bihan
    • Vincent Walt
    Aurore Clément
    Aurore Clément
    • Madame Siprien
    Frédéric Diefenthal
    Frédéric Diefenthal
    • Femme bar de nuit
    Jeanne Balibar
    Jeanne Balibar
    • Sylvie, l'ex de Manéri
    Robert Hirsch
    • Vieil homme
    Garance Clavel
    Garance Clavel
    • Sandrine Pujol
    Clovis Cornillac
    Clovis Cornillac
    • Freddy
    Lydia Andrei
    • Marion
    Jean-Pierre Darroussin
    Jean-Pierre Darroussin
    • Homme Apolus
    Consuelo De Haviland
    • Claudine Després, la directrice de l'agence
    Niels Arestrup
    Niels Arestrup
    • Le père de Rachel
    Philippe Nahon
    Philippe Nahon
    • Mathieu
    Marie-Armelle Deguy
    • Nadège, la soeur de Manéri
    Bruno Todeschini
    Bruno Todeschini
    • Franck Tanner, le kiné
    Jeanne Casilas
    • La jeune fille rousse
    Carlo Brandt
    Carlo Brandt
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    • Director
      • Guillaume Nicloux
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      • Guillaume Nicloux
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    • Connections
      Features Army of Shadows (1969)
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    7/10
    Maneri's no Philip Marlowe...
    ...but his sad sack adventures across Paris looking for a girl who's been missing for six months can be fairly engrossing at times. My favourite actors show up here: Aurore Clement and Niels Arestrup as Rachel's parents, Bruno Todeschini as a physiotherapist who knew her, Jeanne Balibar and Laurent Grevill as Maneri's ex wife and her new husband, Clovis Cornillac as the owner of the Apolus sex club (and what a fun place it looks too). Thierry Lhermitte will always be the Club Med host from Les Bronzes for me, but he does a pretty good job playing the run down private eye... that's a bad smoking habit he's got. Then there is the always-alluring Marion Cotillard, who needs to do very little to draw viewers into a scene. All in all, it's too long and has too many characters, but it's a lot of fun to watch.
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    • Release date
      • April 30, 2002 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Bac Films (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Частное дело
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Bac Films
      • Canal+
      • Cofimages 12
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,216,230
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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