Private Screening (1973)
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.
Director: François Leterrier
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Françoise Fabian as Marthe / Eva |
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Jean-Luc Bideau as Denis Mallet |
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Jane Birkin as Kate / Hélène |
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Bulle Ogier as Camille |
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Jacques Weber as Philippe / Le comédien |
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Barbara Laage as Madeleine |
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Jean-François Gobbi as Samy |
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Sabine Glaser as Sonia |
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Françoise Saint-Laurent as Colette |
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Yan Brian as Eric |
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Elisabeth Huppert as La femme d'Eric |
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Albert Simono as Le voyageur empressé |
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François Dyrek as L'autre metteur en scène |
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Jean-Louis Fortuit as Eric jeune |
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Pierre Bonasse as Raymond |
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Jonathan Hunther as Le jeune Américain |
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Albert Michel as Le concierge de Denis |
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Joël Felzines as Jean-Michel |
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Jérôme Kaminsky as Garçon de l'autoroute 1 |
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Raymond Huguen as Garçon de l'autoroute 2 |
| Directing | François Leterrier | Director |
| Writing | Bernard Revon | Writer |
| Writing | François Leterrier | Writer |
| Writing | Madeleine Chapsal | Writer |
| Camera | Jean Badal | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte | Editor |
| Art | Gérard Viard | Production Design |
| Production | Albina du Boisrouvray | Producer |
| Sound | Serge Gainsbourg | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Vannier | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Leterrier | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michel Deruelle | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ava Monneret | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Caroline Huppert | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Claude Janetti | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Roger Letellier | Sound |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colette Baudot | Costumer |
| Directing | Françoise Bettiol | Script Supervisor |