Un Secret (A Secret)2008
Un Secret (A Secret) (2008)
TOMATOMETER
AUDIENCE SCORE
Critic Consensus: A Secret is poignant, sad, and beautifully crafted, featuring fine performances that stave off a drift toward soap opera territory.
Un Secret (A Secret) Photos
Movie Info
People Who Like this movie also like
Cast
as Tania
as Maxime
as Hannah
as Louise
as Francois
as Esther
as George

as Commander Beraud

as Simon

as Francois (Age 7)

as Francois (Age 14)

as Joseph
Critic Reviews for Un Secret (A Secret)
All Critics (45) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (9)
The title of this movie suggests the difficulty in writing about it. You can't reveal a secret without spoiling it, and in this intriguing, complex family drama spread out over several time frames covering half a century, the secrets keep on coming
A structural mess that turns contrived just when it should be hitting home.
A Secret is a showcase for great acting.
A fine drama that stands as Gallic vet Claude Miller's best in at least a decade.

Suitably tense, sad, and deeply poignant.

The soapy climax is unnecessary.
Audience Reviews for Un Secret (A Secret)
Nothing extraordinary or a secret that most can't see coming, yet I liked it. Maybe because besides being based on real events, the execution too was good enough & that it's not just a Holocaust/war movie.
Super Reviewer
A rather slow moving, nice French film about the holocaust, and its effects on an entire family. The movie is rather tedious, even as it portrays deep passions, and grief, flickering just below the surface of its characters. However, the acting is wonderful, and all else is beautifully done....so I forgive them.
Super Reviewer
Est-il juste parce qu'il est Francais? Based on a true story, Un Secret sees post-war France through the eyes of pre-teen Francois, an only child of two ridiculously good-looking parents. When he becomes curious about the inner workings of his parents' relationship, a close friend reveals secrets about the multi-layered and convulated love affair that began 15 or so years earlier, and the consequences (some fatal) that occurred because of it. The film captures the complexities of being a Jew in France from the 1930's to the present, where layers of a family's history are revealed by jumping back and forth in time. It's about a gripping mystery and an ever-timely reminder of the terrible power of repression and silence. Beautifully acted and exquisitely photographed, director Claude Miller's superb drama is awash with the ripples created by unlived lives. He brings together beautiful actors, great sceneries and thought-provoking stories but misses the mark in the alignment of all the elements. Still, the performances of all the cast are compassionate and compelling. The cinematography for the most is absolutely gorgeous. But it seems that Miller has cheapened the audience's experience, for rather than exploring the entire body of one or two stories, he merely nibbles at the ear of many. And again, what is with the bizarre epilogue?

Super Reviewer
Un Secret (A Secret) Quotes
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.