Miller's lyrical use of fleshy details, such as the way de France's black bathing suit clings to her proud body, brings his movie a tactile humanity.
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Un Secret (2008)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:40
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A Secret is poignant, sad, and beautifully crafted, featuring fine performances that stave off a drift toward soap opera territory.
Synopsis: A SECRET follows the saga of a Jewish family in post-World War II Paris. François, a solitary, imaginative child, invents for himself a brother as well as the story of his parents` past. But on his... [More]
Starring: Cecile de France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu
Director: Claude Miller
Reviews for Un Secret
Claude Miller's haunting new movie is called A Secret. But the gist of this story of repression and family tragedy is that secrets are rarely singular.
09/05/08
Top CriticWhat is most impressive about A Secret is the way Mr. Miller artfully and gently gestures toward such enormous themes without spelling them out.
09/08/08
Top CriticA clanking, old-fashioned period drama infused with almost unbearable grief, Claude Miller's film A Secret has an enormous significance in France that it can never possess elsewhere.
09/05/08
Top CriticTranscends the perhaps perceived banality of still another film about the Holocaust with a marvelously nuanced narrative floating through time with memorable characters who never beg for our pity.
09/03/08
Top CriticIt would be hard to imagine a less necessary Holocaust picture than A Secret.
09/02/08
Miller and his excellent cast create characters whom we can understand and even empathize with, even as they commit horrible breaches of faith.
11/12/08
Claude Miller's ravishingly shot drama gives up its titular mystery early, but there's plenty of cinematic intrigue well after what's covert in this complicated family story becomes overt.
09/10/08
A Secret illuminates the most intimate personal histories against a perfectly detailed political and cultural background. It finds glorious forgiveness where it can, and accepts that when that can't be done, it just can't be done.
09/12/08
Though occasional stylistic flourishes feel unnecessary, Un secret makes for compelling viewing and Cécile de France and Patrick Bruel finally prove they are bona fide star material.
03/10/08
Makes for compelling viewing despite many familiar elements.
09/06/08
In Un Secret, French filmmaker Claude Miller expertly weaves together a family history, merging the personal and political, the celebratory and the tragic, while incorporating three distinct time periods.
02/27/09
The almost egregiously deliberate pace with which Miller has infused the production ultimately turns out to be far more problematic than one might initially have suspected...
04/06/08
The almost egregiously deliberate pace with which Miller has infused the production ultimately turns out to be far more problematic than one might initially have suspected...
09/07/08
A fine drama that stands as Gallic vet Claude Miller's best in at least a decade.
10/18/08
Top CriticA remarkable film with an unusual story.
10/18/08
A somber and haunting personal film told with the scope of The Godfather trilogy that's sure to leave a lasting impression on anyone who sees it.
09/02/08
[A] throwback to an era when studios made star-laden, period melodramas that balanced sentiment and weighty issues in the name of entertainment.
09/04/08
A throwback to an era when studios made star-laden, period melodramas that balanced sentiment and weighty issues in the name of entertainment.
09/04/08
Claude Miller's World War II domestic drama is unusually attentive to the way that the Holocaust disrupted lives that were messy enough to begin with.
09/11/08
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