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Carla Behm is a long-time employee of a Parisian property development company; hardworking and well-informed, she's a 35-year-old secretary who'd like to move up the ranks, but her own timidity, caused largely by a serious hearing problem, always holds her back. Salvation comes in the form of Paul Angeli, the new trainee she manages to have hired. Paul is 25-years-old and completely unskilled--in fact,... See Full Description
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Art/Foreign, Drama, Romance and Thriller |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 55 min. |
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| Release Date: |
July 5th, 2002 (NY-The Paris); July 19th, 2002 (LA) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for language, violence and some sexual content. |
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| Distributors: |
Magnolia Pictures
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,359,133 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B+
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"... this terrific French film is smart in ways you don't expect, funny in ways you don't expect." more...
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A- |
BBC, Tom Dawson
"...an absorbing character study of two lonely and fearful outsider figures..." more...
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B+ |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"...a thriller crossed with a psycho-sexual study." more...
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A- |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"...an intelligent and sometimes brutal modern French noir..." more...
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A- |
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