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Secret Things (2002)

Secret Things poster
Original title
Choses secrètes
Directed by
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 113 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two young women begin working at a nightclub and use their sexuality to manipulate and gain power over the men around them. Their actions lead to a series of increasingly charged and dangerous encounters.

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What happens

Secret Things (French: Choses secrètes) is a 2002 French erotic drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, starring Coralie Revel and Sabrina Seyvecou. The film is sometimes associated with the New French Extremity. Cahiers du Cinéma named Secret Things, jointly along with Ten by director Abbas Kiarostami, as the best film of 2002. The film was awarded the French Cineaste of the Year title at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, Brisseau was found guilty of sexually harassing two actresses between 1999 and 2001 during auditions for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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