Coeurs (2006)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Alain Resnais

Writers:

Alan Ayckbourn (play)
Jean-Michel Ribes (writer)

Release Date:

22 November 2006 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

For six strangers in search of love, the City of Lights can be a very lonely place.

Plot:

In Paris, six people all look for love, despite typically having their romantic aspirations dashed at every turn.

Plot Keywords:

Bartender | Old Man | Love | Flower | Video Tape

Awards:

5 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Sabine Azéma	...	Charlotte
Isabelle Carré	...	Gaëlle
Laura Morante	...	Nicole
Pierre Arditi	...	Lionel
André Dussollier	...	Thierry
Lambert Wilson	...	Dan
Claude Rich	...	Arthur (voice)
Françoise Gillard	...	Speakerine TV
Anne Kessler	...	Présentatrice émission TV
Roger Mollien	...	Soldat poète émission TV
Florence Muller	...	Critique d'art émission TV
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Architecte émission TV

Directed by
Alain Resnais

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alan Ayckbourn		play "Private Fears in Public Places"
Jean-Michel Ribes		writer

Produced by
Valerio De Paolis	....	co-producer
Bruno Pésery	....	producer
Julie Salvador	....	executive producer
Vitaliy Versace	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Mark Snow

Cinematography by
Eric Gautier

Film Editing by
Hervé de Luze

Production Design by
Jacques Saulnier
Solange Zeitoun

Art Direction by
Jean-Michel Ducourty

Costume Design by
Jackie Budin

Makeup Department
Sylvie Aid	....	makeup artist (as Sylvie Aid Denisot)
José-Luis Casas	....	key hair stylist
Patrick Inzerillo	....	hair stylist
Delphine Jaffart	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Hervé Duhamel	....	production manager
Caroline Gonce	....	assistant unit manager
Etienne Grandon	....	assistant unit manager
Frédéric Grunenwald	....	unit manager
Bruno Jouan	....	assistant unit manager
Thibault Leclercq	....	assistant unit manager
Pierre Lochardet	....	assistant unit manager
Béatrice Mauduit	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charlotte Buisson-Tissot	....	assistant director
Dorothée Chesnot	....	third assistant director
Laurent Herbiet	....	first assistant director: preproduction
Christophe Jeauffroy	....	first assistant director
Iris Wong	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Matthieu Beutter	....	assistant art director
Jacky Hardouin	....	construction coordinator
Philippe Margottin	....	set dresser
Marc Pinquier	....	property master

Sound Department
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Jean-Marie Blondel	....	sound
Yannick Boulot	....	sound recordist
Katia Boutin	....	dialogue editor
Thomas Desjonquères	....	supervising sound editor
Florian Fabre	....	assistant foley artist
Séverin Favriau	....	assistant sound editor
Gérard Lamps	....	sound mixer
Lionel Le Bras	....	post-synchronization boom operator
Alain Lévy	....	post-synchronization
Armelle Mahé	....	assistant sound mixer
Armelle Mahé	....	dialogue recordist
Armelle Mahé	....	foley recording engineer
Frédéric Pardon	....	boom operator
Florian Thiebaux	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Géraldine Banet	....	special effects snowmaker
Pascale Butkovic	....	special effects snowmaker
Karine Dubois	....	special effects snowmaker
Benoît Rousselin	....	special effects snowmaker
Stéphane Ruet	....	special effects snowmaker

Visual Effects by
Anita Lech Bedez	....	digital artist
Adrien Borzakian	....	digital artist
Thibault Deloof	....	digital artist
Stéphane Keller	....	matte painter
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects designer
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects supervisor
Ugo Pierantoni	....	digital artist
Fred Roz	....	titles
Laurence Vidot	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Ivan Crasci	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gilles Balezeaux	....	additional gaffer
François Berroir	....	electrician
Sylvie Biscioni	....	still photographer
Laurent Bourgeat	....	gaffer
Gerard Buffard	....	key grip
Julien Buffard	....	grip
Frédéric Cantin	....	additional grip
Pascal Delaunay	....	additional grip
Samuel de Luze	....	trainee assistant camera
Hervé Denis	....	gaffer
Yohann Favard	....	additional grip (as Johann Favard)
Christophe Guilbaud	....	gaffer
Pierre Jandot	....	additional gaffer
Nathalie Lao	....	second assistant camera
Julien Leblond	....	additional gaffer
Stéphane Lejeune	....	gaffer
Tom Mitaux	....	additional gaffer
Eric Nové	....	grip
Fabienne Octobre	....	focus puller
Ludovic Petit	....	gaffer
Sébastien Plessis	....	additional gaffer
Luc Reyrolle	....	additional gaffer
Eric Sacher	....	crane operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Claire Chanat	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Mélanie Bénard	....	assistant editor
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Beatrice Herminie	....	assistant editor (as Béatrice Herminie)
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Frederic Jupin	....	lustre editor

Music Department
Larold Rebhun	....	music mixer

Other crew
Sylvette Baudrot	....	script supervisor
Claire Bodechon	....	trainee production secretary
Virginie De la Chaise	....	production secretary
Ludivine Doazan	....	trainee script supervisor
Isabelle Haspel	....	production administrator
Elodie Jauffret	....	trainee script supervisor
Sylvie Jeanblanc	....	production secretary
Romeo Julien	....	avid conformation
Bruno Podalydès	....	director: TV sequences
Jacques Quinternet	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Soudaine Compagnie
• Studio Canal (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Société Française de Production (SFP) (co-production)
• BIM (co-production)
• Banque Populaire Images 6 (in association with)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Eurimages (participation)
• Région Ile-de-France (participation)

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Arsenal (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• IFC First Take (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Mars Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Sharmill Distributors (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Soundtrack  trailer

Also Known As:

Private Fears in Public Places (International: English title) (USA) (festival title)
Cuori (Italy)
Petites peurs partagées (France) (working title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Italy:T | Germany:12 | Brazil:14 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M

Company:

Soudaine Compagnie

Trivia:

There is a Scarborough poster in Thierry's home. The English seaside resort of Scarborough is the home of the play's author, Sir Alan Ayckbourn.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Charlotte has the tomato soup thrown at her by Arthur, the front of her blouse and sweater have large reddish stains on them. When Lionel returns home and is talking to her, the stains have disappeared.

What can we be apart from what we are?

Relationships. They can be funny and sad. There is the relationship of Charlotte (Sabine Azéma) with her co-worker Thierry (André Dussollier). She is very religious and lends him a video of religious music. Of course, when the TV program cuts off, he sees something I am sure she didn't mean for him to see. Or, did she? It is not clear.

Then there is Charlotte and Lionel's (Pierre Arditi) father Arthur (Claude Rich). She is working as a caregiver in the evenings and Arthur, whom we never see, is one cantankerous old bastard. he throws soup on her, speaks foully, and screams at her.

Lionel, a bartender, has to deal with his father, and with Dan (Lambert Wilson), who got kicked out of the Army six months ago and is getting hell from his fiancée, Nicole (Laura Morante) for not finding a job. He spends his time getting plastered.

Thierry and Charlotte are funny the next day discussing the tape. Charlotte has no idea what she left on the end. Thierry is looking forward to another tape. He is not disappointed. Of course, after the second tape, he moves forward with disastrous results, but Charlotte exposes her secret to Lionel and it is just the thing to shut him up. Naturally, she has to do a lot of praying afterward.

Like I said, there is a lot that is funny, and a whole lot that is sad, but isn't that the way relationships are? Alain Resnais got a lot out of some very talented actors and presented a film that was thoroughly enjoyable.