Secret Défense (1999)
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as Sylvie
as Ludivine, Veronique
as Paul
as Genevieve
as Walser
Critic Reviews for Secret Défense
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With suave and feline images by the cinematographer William Lubtchansky, Rivette offers a virtual documentary on modern bourgeois solitude ...
The brooding intimations of Greek tragedy are part of what keeps this 170-minute thriller fascinating throughout.
For all its mysteries, the movie thoroughly repudiates suspense.
Hermetic and somewhat opaque, this perfectly symmetrical tragedy is not for every taste. For those willing to enter the Rivette zone, however, it's a chess puzzle devised by a grand master.
As the glacially paced film inches forward with its halting conversations and accusatory glances, it tests your patience. And when the truth ultimately tumbles out and more violence erupts, don't expect a catharsis.
Thanks to Bonnaire's characteristically intelligent performance, the circumlocutions hold some interest, proving again that since her discovery by Pialat she has become the most uncompromising of French actresses.
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