SummaryAfter they are both fired, two penniless but shapely young French women set out to climb the social ladder by manipulating men.
Directed By:Jean-Claude Brisseau
Written By:Jean-Claude Brisseau
Secret Things
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Mixed or Average
55
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Generally Favorable
6.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
45% Positive
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80
There's plenty for both the eyes and intellect to groove over in Secret Things, a taut, juicy, low-key feast of sexual and office politics filtered through helmer Jean-Claude Brisseau's customary blend of expedient formality and all-stops-out baroque behavior.
75
A rare item these days: An erotic film made well enough to keep us interested. It's about beautiful people, has a lot of nudity, and the sex is as explicit as possible this side of porno.
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Dec 30, 2022
10
Le meilleur de Brisseau même mieux que Noce Blanche. C'est un film sur l'envie de la réussite et les limites qu'on s'y fixe ou non. C'est troublant cynique jusqu'à son paroxysme. Les scènes de nudité sont crues et explicites et les actrices les mènent avec brio.
Jun 29, 2011
10
I watched this movie by chance and asked myself what message it is giving to the society in large. Is french culture at its nadir. I hate this kind of movies. There is incestuous relationship shown, so is the orgy stuff. Wow French guys you are actually gearing up to see chaos in the world. nothing else. Why are you making the God's beautiful thing so called Sex and love in such dirtiest way. Alas.. forgive these people..
70
Not a great movie, but its daring and seriousness, its refusal to take refuge in the sort of irony that diminishes whatever it touches, its willingness to risk ludicrousness, may be elements that are necessary to achieve greatness.
60
While visually stylish and thematically ambitious, Secret Things is ultimately more preposterous than provocative, its vague explorations of sexual and class struggle failing to coalesce in a coherent manner.
50
Neil LaBute on his worst day couldn't devise a scenario so primitive in its psychology and predictable in its sense of sin.
38
Hints at a place where desire, fear, pleasure, and power all intersect, but it never actually goes there.
25
Silly and pointless film.
Sep 11, 2012
4
I was made to believe that this was a romantic film about lesbians, but apparently not. Turns out that it was a sick, weird and psychedelic film that was really hard to follow. Everything about this film was bad-- except for the very few lesbian scenes. Don't watch this, it's not worth it.
Production Company:
- Les Aventuriers de l'Image
- La Sorcière Rouge
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date:Jan 2, 2004
Duration:1 h 55 m
Tagline:The delectably twisted fable centers on two penniless but shapely young women who set out to better their social station by manipulating men.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cahiers du Cinéma
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
