The Secret
Synopsis
Marie is thirty-five years old. She loves François. They have been married for twelve years and they have a two-year-old child, Paul. François would like another child but Marie is not sure she wants one, she doesn't know why.
Marie sells encyclopeadias door-to-door. One morning she knocks on the door of a strange man, Bill, a fifty-year- old African American. Bill doesn't speak french. He lives alone in a villa and never seems to go out at all. Their first encounter is difficult.
Marie feels offended at first, and then intrigued by this singular character. Little by little, she begins to enjoy their conversations, coming up with excuses to prolong them. One day she loosens up and takes more and more pleasure in talking about herself.
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Director (1)
Actors (17)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Productions Bagheera
- Co-productions : Diaphana, France 3 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Wide
- French distribution : Diaphana
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : François Marquis
- Screenwriters : Virginie Wagon, Érick Zonca
- Directors of Photography : Agnès Godard, Jean-Marc Fabre
- Assistant directors : Ève Guillou, Mathieu Thouvenot
- Editor : Yannick Kergoat
- Sound Recordist : Ludovic Hénault
- Costume designer : Brigitte Slama
- Production Manager : Richard Malbequi
- Press Attaché (film) : Robert Schlockoff
- Assistant editors : Olivier Gourlay, Laure Meynet
- Continuity supervisor : Maureen Meyer
- Production Designer : Brigitte Brassart
- Casting : Jeanne Biras, Antoine Carrard
- Sales Agent : Jacques Le Glou
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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News & awards
Selections (4)
Istanbul Film Festival
Turkey , 2001
Focus on a Young Director
Munich - International Film Festival
Germany, 2000
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