Private Fears in Public Places

Classic 🎂 20 years 3.58/5 2006 · Directed by Alain Resnais · Starring Sabine Azéma, Laura Morante, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier, Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carré, Claude Rich, Michel Vuillermoz, Françoise Gillard, Anne Kessler, Roger Mollien, Florence Muller · Drama, Romance · 125 min

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?

🎂 This film turns 20 in 2026.

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