

Private Screening
Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains unchanged. Among the complications is his growing regard for the woman who plays his cinematic wife. She may wind up replacing his actual wife in real life. One of the highlights of this film is the insight it gives into the actual mechanics of filmmaking.
Cast

Françoise Fabian
Marthe / Eva

Jean-Luc Bideau
Denis Mallet

Jane Birkin
Kate / Hélène

Bulle Ogier
Camille

Jacques Weber
Philippe / Le comédien

Barbara Laage
Madeleine

Jean-François Gobbi
Samy

Sabine Glaser
Sonia
Françoise Saint-Laurent
Colette

Yan Brian
Eric

Elisabeth Huppert
La femme d'Eric

Albert Simono
Le voyageur empressé

François Dyrek
L'autre metteur en scène

Jean-Louis Fortuit
Eric jeune
Pierre Bonasse
Raymond
Storyline
Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains unchanged. Among the complications is his growing regard for the woman who plays his cinematic wife. She may wind up replacing his actual wife in real life. One of the highlights of this film is the insight it gives into the actual mechanics of filmmaking.
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