Monday, January 3, 2011

Intimate Strangers

France Sandrine Bonnaire d/Patrice Leconte

This seemed very contrived for a while but the interactions of the two main characters grew on me and I managed to fall into the story. A troubled woman goes to a shrink, gets the wrong office and ends up talking to a repressed tax lawyer.

Both players gave subdued performances...which worked. At times the camera work was too wavery but not often enough to be intrusive. Once I got hooked it became intriguing right to the end...which was unexpectedly satisfying.

A quiet pleasure.

5

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