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User Rating:
7.5/10   356 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Pascal Bonitzer (scenario) and
Emmanuelle Cuau (scenario) ...
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Release Date:
18 March 1998 (France) more
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Plot:
Film inspired by Hitchcock's Vertigo. Rivette uses the stereotypes of the genre and cuts them off when the heroin Sylvie (Sandrine Bonnaire)... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Unsatisfied remarks more (6 total)

Cast

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Sandrine Bonnaire ... Sylvie
Jerzy Radziwilowicz ... Walser
Grégoire Colin ... Paul
Laure Marsac ... Véronique / Ludivine
Françoise Fabian ... Geneviève
Christine Vouilloz ... Myriam
Mark Saporta ... Jules
Sara Louis ... Carole
Hermine Karagheuz ... L'infirmière
Bernadette Giraud ... Marthe
Micheline Herzog ... Sabine
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Patrick Le Bouar ... Robert
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Famille (France) (working title)
Secret Defense (UK)
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Runtime:
170 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:13 | France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

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Movie Connections:
Features Brigands, chapitre VII (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Di perra mora more

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Unsatisfied remarks, 24 July 2000
3/10
Author: (henri.lacroix1@libertysurf.fr) from Geneva, Switzerland

Too long and too slow; the plot is difficult to follow and unnecessarily obscure;in addition, the permanent noises , especially of trains, makes it difficult to hear the actors, especially when the reason for the title of the film is given, if it really is.

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