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    The Secret

    107'

    2000-11-01

    7.3

    Romance,Drama

    Overview:

    Marie, who works as a successful door-to-door encyclopedia salesperson, has been married to her husband Francois for 12 years and has a two-year-old son. Though she is relatively content with her life, she feels something is wanting. Enter 50-year old African-American Bill. Initially she is annoyed by his insouciance, but she finds that she is irresistibly attracted to him. Soon the two are in the midst of sordid illicit affair. She knows little about her new lover, and he seems uninterested in learning about her, but the long sessions of lovemaking are something else entirely. Feeling out of control, Marie is increasingly repelled by her own actions. Psychologically, she struggles to reconcile her torrid encounters with Bill and mundane domestic chores such as bathing her son. Moreover, she finds herself incapable of hiding her adulterous behavior, rather she comes home with scratches and hickeys all over her body, to the devastation Francois.

    DirectingVirginie WagonWritingErick Zonca

    Cast

    1

    Marie

    Anne Coesens

    1

    François

    Michel Bompoil

    3

    Bill

    Tony Todd

    1

    Mère de Marie

    Jacqueline Jehanneuf

    1

    Rémy

    Aladin Reibel

    1

    Paul

    Quentin Rossi

    1

    Séverine

    Valérie Vogt

    1

    Luc

    Frédéric Sauzay

    1

    Ana

    Natalya Ermilova

    1

    Mélanie

    Charlotte Pradon

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 166721
    • List of countries:
      1. France
    • List of languages:
      1. French
    • List of companies:
      1. Les Productions Bagheera
    • Vote Count: 134
    • Popularity: 1.9396
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Le Secret

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