Private Fears in Public Places

A quiet, stagey drift through lonely lives, where awkward encounters and sudden oddities keep you at a gentle, melancholic distance.

Directed by

Alain Resnais

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Sabine Azéma, Laura Morante, Pierre Arditi

Tagline

For six strangers in search of love, the City of Lights can be a very lonely place.

Overview

Seven lonely lives in Paris: a middle-aged estate agent who believes a colleague is sending messages in video tapes she loans him; his co-worker whose Bible is close at hand in times of stress; her late-night charge, an angry, nasty bedridden old man; his son, a patient bartender; the bartender's best patron, an ex-soldier who's lost his moorings while his fiancée looks for a large flat for them; and, the estate agent's much younger sister, who answers personals and waits in cafés with a red flower pinned on her jacket. Will any connect? Can open hearts trump fears?

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, warm and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Isolation, loneliness, love, identity

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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