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Secret Things

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When Sandrine (Sabrina Seyvecou), a bartender at a strip club, loses her job for refusing to have sex with a customer, she moves in with stripper Nathalie (Coralie Revel), who teaches her how to use her sexuality to win over men. Together, the two find work at a bank, determined to sleep their way to the top. While Sandrine destroys the life of middle-aged executive Delacroix (Roger Mirmont), Nathalie is drawn to Christophe Bernay (Fabrice Deville), the depraved son of the firm's dying founder.

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Pretentious and trashy.

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Tom Long Detroit News A lot of sexy stuff wrapped in an obvious morality tale with some philosophical hooey and clunky symbols thrown in to justify the cheap, but undeniable, thrills. Rated: C+ May 14, 2004 Full Review John Monaghan Detroit Free Press While some might mistake it as a bitter view of sexual politics and empowerment, it's also pretty crass filmmaking. Rated: 2/4 May 14, 2004 Full Review Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper ... a sexy movie. May 3, 2004 Full Review Steve Warren Southern Voice (Atlanta) Things get kinkier and more surprising by the minute, with unexpected turns ranging from the intrusion of true love to a wedding reception in the form of an orgy. Rated: 3.5/4 May 7, 2023 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Brisseau's filmmaking style is artful and clever ... so it's a pity when he begins to wallow in corny moralising and operatic excesses. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 26, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews I wouldn't entirely dismiss it, but I would be reluctant to say I found too much about it that warmed my heart and appeased my soul. Rated: C+ Nov 30, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Slava C An OK plot, beautiful sex scenes, kinda abstract dialogues (in a bad way), sudden chilé attack, terrible ending. Beautiful female bodies. Pretty meh after all. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/23/25 Full Review Audience Member Some lesbo sex. a bit of hetero sex. and a slightly better than average "CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER VIA SEX" PLOT. "SECRET THINGS" IS THE KIND OF FILM THAT YOU WATCH AT NIGHT, AND FORGET ABOUT THE NEXT DAY. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Why did I love this when all other critics thought it was garbage? Because it does not glorify wanton sex, drugs and carnal delusion. Lots of very hot sex and nudity followed by an evil, twisted plot of two stunning women determined to destroy men intentionally to get what they want. However it all backfires in the end. So how did we get a lovely and rewarding happy ending from all this? Watch and see for the fun of it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A few hot scenes but other than that... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Was reasonably interesting for most of its duration, but throws this all away at the end. Degenerates into incredibly stupid and meaningless scenes, complete with pretentious fantasy sequences. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Eh.. best kept secret. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jean-Claude Brisseau

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Coralie Revel

Coralie Revel

Sabrina Seyvecou

Sandrine

Roger Miremont

Delacroix

Fabrice Deville

Christophe

Blandine Bury

Charlotte

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Synopsis When Sandrine (Sabrina Seyvecou), a bartender at a strip club, loses her job for refusing to have sex with a customer, she moves in with stripper Nathalie (Coralie Revel), who teaches her how to use her sexuality to win over men. Together, the two find work at a bank, determined to sleep their way to the top. While Sandrine destroys the life of middle-aged executive Delacroix (Roger Mirmont), Nathalie is drawn to Christophe Bernay (Fabrice Deville), the depraved son of the firm's dying founder.
Director
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Producer
Jean-François Geneix
Screenwriter
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Distributor
First Run
Production Co
Centre National de la Cinematographie
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 2, 2004, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$104.5K
Runtime
1h 53m
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