
Film
The Secret
2000 · 1h 47m · Romance · Drama
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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.
Cast

Anne Coesens
Marie

Michel Bompoil
François

Tony Todd
Bill

Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Mère de Marie

Aladin Reibel
Rémy
Quentin Rossi
Paul
Valérie Vogt
Séverine

Frédéric Sauzay
Luc
Natalya Ermilova
Ana
Charlotte Pradon
Mélanie
Crew
- Virginie WagonDirector · Writer
- Erick ZoncaScreenplay
- François MarquisProducer
- Jean-Marc FabreDirector of Photography
- Yannick KergoatEditor
- Jeanne BirasCasting
- Antoine CarrardCasting
- Aude CathelinCasting
- Noah HarlanCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 1, 2000
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 18
- Revenue
- $166,721
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
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