Secret Things

Secret Things
Theatrical release poster
FrenchChoses secrètes
Directed byJean-Claude Brisseau
Written byJean-Claude Brisseau
Produced byJean Francois Geneix
Starring
  • Coralie Revel
  • Sabrina Seyvecou
  • Roger Mirmont
  • Fabrice Deville
  • Blandine Bury
  • Olivier Soler
  • Viviane Théophildès
  • Dorothée Picard
CinematographyWilfrid Sempe
Edited byMaría Luisa García
Music byXavier Pirouselle
Production
companies
  • Les Aventuriers de l'Image
  • La Sorcière Rouge
  • CNC
Distributed by
  • Rezo Films
  • Officine UBU (Italy)
Release date
  • 16 October 2002 (2002-10-16) (France)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ebert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Films of 2002". Cahiers du Cinéma. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013 – via California Institute of Technology.
  3. ^ Gwladys Fouche and agencies (20 December 2005). "Director convicted of casting couch abuse". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  4. ^ Jon Henley (4 November 2005). "Director's erotic auditions 'were sexual assault'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2013.