

Private Fears in Public Places
2006-11-22 · 120 min · ★ 6.4
Seven lonely lives in Paris: a middle-aged estate agent who believes a colleague is sending messages in video tapes she loans him; his co-worker whose Bible is close at hand in times of stress; her late-night charge, an angry, nasty bedridden old man; his son, a patient bartender; the bartender's best patron, an ex-soldier who's lost his moorings while his fiancée looks for a large flat for them; and, the estate agent's much younger sister, who answers personals and waits in cafés with a red flower pinned on her jacket. Will any connect? Can open hearts trump fears?
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Production details
- Directors
- Alain Resnais
- Production companies
- BiM Distribuzione, France 2 Cinéma, SFP, StudioCanal, Soudaine Compagnie
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 15,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 6,855,294
Top Cast
Sabine AzémaCharlotte
Laura MoranteNicole
Pierre ArditiLionel
André DussollierThierry
Lambert WilsonDan
Isabelle CarréGaëlle
Claude RichArthur (voix)
Michel Vuillermozarchitecte émission TV
Françoise Gillardspeakerine TV
Anne Kesslerprésentatrice émission TV
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