Intimate Strangers
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Intimate Strangers is a 2004 French film directed by Patrice Leconte
. It was shown in Competition at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.
Paramount Classics
acquired the United States
distribution rights of this film and gave it a limited U.S.
theatrical release on July 30, 2004; this film went on grossing $2.1 million in the United States
theaters, which is considered a good result for a foreign language film. Ruth Vitale (who was the president of Paramount Classics at that time) was pleased with this film's performance in the United States
market. In this movie, a woman wanders into an accountant's office mistaking him for a psychiatrist, and an unusual relationship begins.
(the parent studio of Paramount Vantage/Classics) is developing a Hollywood remake version of this film, with Hilary Swank
attached to star.
Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
. It was shown in Competition at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.
Paramount Classics
Paramount Vantage
Paramount Vantage is the specialty film division of Paramount Pictures , charged with producing, purchasing, distributing and marketing films, generally those with a more "art house" feel than films made and distributed by its parent company.Paramount Classics was launched in 1998 and...
acquired the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
distribution rights of this film and gave it a limited U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
theatrical release on July 30, 2004; this film went on grossing $2.1 million in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
theaters, which is considered a good result for a foreign language film. Ruth Vitale (who was the president of Paramount Classics at that time) was pleased with this film's performance in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
market. In this movie, a woman wanders into an accountant's office mistaking him for a psychiatrist, and an unusual relationship begins.
Hollywood Remake
Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
(the parent studio of Paramount Vantage/Classics) is developing a Hollywood remake version of this film, with Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank
Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress. Swank's film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid , as Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of sensei Mr. Miyagi...
attached to star.
Cast
- Sandrine BonnaireSandrine BonnaireSandrine Bonnaire is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films including Hollywood movies.Bonnaire was born in the town of Gannat, Allier, in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in...
– Anna - Fabrice LuchiniFabrice LuchiniFabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor.-Biography:Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondissement...
– William - Michel DuchaussoyMichel DuchaussoyMichel Duchaussoy is a French film actor. He has appeared in 130 films since 1962.-Selected filmography:* The Killing Game * The Unfaithful Wife * This Man Must Die * Just Before Nightfall...
– Dr. Monnier - Anne BrochetAnne BrochetAnne Brochet is a French comedienne and actress. She has appeared in such films as Cyrano de Bergerac, Le temps des porte-plumes, 30 ans, Une journée de merde! and Tous les matins du monde. She has also appeared in several episodes the television show Voici venir l'orage......
– Jeanne - Gilbert MelkiGilbert Melki-Biography:Nephew of actor Claude Melki , Melki grew up in a Jewish family in Algeria. His father, an antiques dealer, came from Khenchela in Algeria and his mother was from France. Both hid during the war: his father in Lyon and his mother in NormandyHis father sent him to a woodworking school,...
– Marc - Laurent Gamelon – Luc
- Hélène Surgère – Mrs. Mulon