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Private Fears in Public Places

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Apr 11, 2007

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Rated: Unrated; Length: 120 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language; With: Sabine Azema and Lambert Wilson

$WOE IS MOI Laura Morante and Lambert Wilson are among Private Fears\' troubled pairs in Paris | Isabelle Carre, Lambert Wilson$

WOE IS MOI Laura Morante and Lambert Wilson are among Private Fears' troubled pairs in Paris

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Six elegant, unsettled French people who can't always get what they want move around beautiful Parisian rooms in Private Fears in Public Places, Alain Resnais' mature adaptation of a dramatic daisy chain by veteran British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The interlocking relationships (real estate broker and his sister, broker's assistant and a bartender, etc.) play out in adult dialogue triste but philosophical. The grand old filmmaker frames each scene like a fine painting. And fake snow falls with happy artificiality between rueful vignettes.

Originally posted Apr 11, 2007 Published in issue #930 Apr 20, 2007 Order article reprints

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