Intimate Strangers

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Intimate Strangers

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Released Feb 6, 2004,

1h 43m,

Drama

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103 Reviews

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When a beautiful woman named Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) mistakes a psychiatrist's office for that of tax attorney William (Fabrice Luchini), she unwittingly confesses her deepest and darkest secrets to a perfect stranger. Sexually repressed and lonely, William doesn't have the courage to reveal his true identity to Anna. Maintaining the deception, William begins to enjoy the fake therapy sessions. Every week, the pair meet, and they forge an odd and erotic relationship.

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Critics Consensus

Intimate Strangers is Hitchcockian noir with a Gallic twist: Rather than simply imitating the genre's form, director/screenwriter Patrice Leconte delves into the underlying psychological drama.

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Will Self

London Evening Standard

In what is essentially a two-hander you have to expect a little more combustion between the leads, but I never really bought the complicity between them to begin with, so the pay-off seemed preposterous.

Jan 9, 2018

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+ •

Sep 7, 2011

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Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

pleasant, compelling, worth a look

Rated: 3/4 •

Aug 16, 2010

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Agnieszka Tennant

Christianity Today

Director Patrice Leconte subtly infuses the movie with humor and psychological depth.

Rated: 3.5/4 •

Nov 1, 2006

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Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

[Leconte is] among the best today at turning out films in the classic French mode.

Rated: B+ •

Apr 14, 2005

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Audience Member

This is a very clever film with a lot to say about life, death, sex, human relationships, human fragility and loneliness - but it does it all with a wonderfully light hearted touch. The most wonderful insight of this film, though, is that paying taxes and dealing with deep disturbing psychological issues have similar concerns - what do you declare and keep hidden... A case of mistaken identity crisis--Polar Opposites Often Do Attract or Repression Meets Expression... Leconte and the soul secrets!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Mundane yet mysterious, as in a dream.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Frances H

Somehow the movie described on the site doesn't seem to be the movie I saw. It wasn't mystery, suspense or comedy, just an incidental account of a strange set of people whose relationships don't really amount to much. How this could be compared to Hitchcock, I can't fathom. He would never have made such an aimless movie that just goes on and on without really going anywhere. Only the initial set up has any interest at all. The conversation between the two main characters sounds like a woman trying to be more interesting than she really is. The dialogue is just a snooze fest. There is no suspense--I just kept waiting for it. What a ho hum of a movie!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/13/13

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absorbing watch, and 'naunced' done really well. only sexual tension, no sex. very restrained and excellent performances - french thespians sandrine b and fabrice luchini are bloody forces to be reckoned with, salute.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Fabrice Luchini

William

Sandrine Bonnaire

Anna

Michel Duchaussoy

Docteur Monnier

Anne Brochet

Jeanne

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Synopsis

When a beautiful woman named Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) mistakes a psychiatrist's office for that of tax attorney William (Fabrice Luchini), she unwittingly confesses her deepest and darkest secrets to a perfect stranger. Sexually repressed and lonely, William doesn't have the courage to reveal his true identity to Anna. Maintaining the deception, William begins to enjoy the fake therapy sessions. Every week, the pair meet, and they forge an odd and erotic relationship.

Director: Patrice Leconte
Producer: Christine Gozlan, Alain Sarde
Screenwriter: J茅r么me Tonnerre
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Les Films Alain Sarde, France 2 Cinema
Rating: R (Sexual Dialogue)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 6, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 6, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.1M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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