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      Intimate Strangers

      R Released Feb 6, 2004 1h 43m Drama List
      85% 103 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 21 Buy Now

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      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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      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 Full Review Audience Member Mundane yet mysterious, as in a dream. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Interesting and well-acted. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Buena, desenmascara el crear lazos muy personales con personas inesperadas Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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 Full Review Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Independent (UK) Rated: 4/5 Mar 7, 2005 Full Review Jay Antani Cinema Writer pleasant, compelling, worth a look Rated: 3/4 Aug 16, 2010 Full Review Agnieszka Tennant Christianity Today Director Patrice Leconte subtly infuses the movie with humor and psychological depth. Rated: 3.5/4 Nov 1, 2006 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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
      Screenwriter
      Jérôme Tonnerre
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Les Films Alain Sarde, France 2 Cinema
      Rating
      R (Sexual Dialogue)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      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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