Conversations with Other Women (2005)

When a man and woman flirt with each other at a wedding reception, the sexual tension seems spontaneous. As they break from the party to a hotel room, the flirtation turns into a night filled with passion and remorse.

Director:

Hans Canosa

Writer:

Gabrielle Zevin

Stars:

Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Yury Tsykun

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Aaron Eckhart	...	Man
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Woman
Yury Tsykun	...	Bartender at Wedding
Brian Geraghty	...	Groom
Brianna Brown	...	Bride
Thomas Lennon	...	Videographer
Erik Eidem	...	Young Man
Nora Zehetner	...	Young Woman
David Franklin	...	Bartender in Bar
Olivia Wilde	...	Bridesmaid
Cerina Vincent	...	Sarah the Dancer
Philip Littell	...	Jeffrey the Cardiologist
Rozanne Sher	...	Girl on Street
Veronica Reyes-How	...	Girl on Street (as Veronica Reyes)
Emily Fernandez	...	Girl on Street

Storyline

A man runs into a woman at a wedding. They start to flirt and talk and find that they get along. Throughout their discussion, the man talks about certain memories as if they were common to the two of them. We gradually learn that there may have been a previous connection between these two when they were younger. This just leaves more questions as their past is slowly revealed.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | memory | female frontal nudity | filming a wedding | lingerie slip | 

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Taglines:

there are two sides to every love story

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Fabrication Films [United States] MK2 [France]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 May 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

A nő másik arca

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$450,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$46,684, 20 August 2006, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$369,854

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$899,497

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gordonstreet Pictures, Prophecy Pictures Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39: 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A potential continuity error was fixed with visual effects. Due to the short shooting schedule and lack of control of the sound stage, the soles of the actors' bare feet became soiled while shooting on the hotel room set. Shots captured included views of the actors' dirty feet as they got into and out of a clean bed, which would be unlikely in a carpeted hotel room. An error that was not caught by the Script Supervisor on set. During post production, the Director/Editor discovered that 5 shots included in the final edit would include dirty soles. In order to address the problem, the visual effects supervisor rotoscoped the bottom of the actors' feet to delineate the parts of the frame that needed to be replaced. Since shooting replacement soles against green screen in the precise size and angles necessary to fill the rotoscoped sections would be cost prohibitive, the digital compositor searched the Internet for replacement feet photographs. He discovered that the best and highest resolution images of feet were on foot fetish websites. Thus the replacement feet in those five shots are "pornographic feet".

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Quotes

[first lines]
Man: Wish me luck.

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Connections

Featured in Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (2007)

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Soundtracks

L'excessive
Music by Carla Bruni

User Reviews

Wraps you in, funnier than you'd think, but makes you think

I saw this at the LA Film Festival and frankly was expecting it to be very artsy, interesting, and a real downer. It was far above all those things. The split screen is easy to adjust to and really wraps you in, you're quite fascinated to see what these two people will do next. I loved the set up; it lent itself to a nice surprise for the audience and felt completely natural.

What really shines in this movie is the dialog...it's some of the most brilliant original dialog between two people with a shared past that I've ever heard. During the Q&A afterward, I was actually a bit disappointed the director didn't give the screenwriter more credit for her amazing script (which she wrote in three weeks). It's so engaging and natural, you might guess it was improvised...but 99% came directly off the page.

Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckel really landed plum roles for themselves in this story and I've never loved them more than here. The reviewer who thought Helena was miscast is way off in his perception. It's not about wedding sexual tension (good grief) and it's far from a chick flick...it's about the deep connection between two people regardless of time and similar to "Before Sunrise," etc., yet quite different, but I don't want to spoil it.

The film is touching, very humorous, and deeply thoughtful. You will want to watch it several times to catch all that happens.