SummaryThis intense film depicts the purely sexual relationship between a lonely man (Rylance) and a married woman (Fox).
Directed By:Patrice Chéreau
Written By:Hanif Kureishi, Anne-Louise Trividic, Patrice Chéreau
Intimacy
Metascore
Generally Favorable
69
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Mixed or Average
5.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
70% Positive
16 Reviews
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30% Mixed
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A new version of the greatest psychological mystery of all: love.
80
Intimacy doesn’t answer the question, which makes it all the more tantalizing: This is an emotional puzzle movie.
75
Sometimes gets bogged down in its own wordiness.
75
Jay and Claire are exquisitely played by Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox.
67
Chereau's film is disjointed and abrupt and it rages when is should be deft. We're given too little too late and, despite the lessons that lie within the affair, the lines between enlightenment and nihilism blur.
50
Wants to be a "Last Tango in Paris" for the new millennium, but its flaccid dramatization and hollow moralizing doesn't rise even to the level of last year's "An Affair of Love," let alone Bertolucci's masterpiece.
50
Plays like a warmed-over "Last Tango in Paris," with more explicit sex but a lower level of originality and acting skill.
User score
Mixed or Average
30% Positive
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외로움을 채워보려 더러운 바닥을 뒹구는 슬픈 몸짓
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240616 (2.0)
너무 적나라해서 오히려 더 지저분하달까
Production Company:
- Téléma
- StudioCanal
- Arte France Cinéma
- France 2 Cinéma
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
- Mikado Film
- Azor Films
- Canal+
- Bac Films
- Greenpoint Films
Release Date:Oct 19, 2001
Duration:1 h 59 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Every Wednesday, She meets once a week.
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
Prix Louis Delluc
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination




























