Intimacy
| Movie | |
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| German title | Intimacy |
| Original title | Intimacy |
| Country of production | France , Great Britain , Germany , Spain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Patrice Chereau |
| script | Patrice Chéreau Anne-Louise Trividic |
| production | Charles Gassot |
| music | Eric Neveux |
| camera | Eric Gautier |
| cut | François Gédigier |
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Intimacy is an erotic film drama by Patrice Chéreau from 2001 that won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale .
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Every Wednesday, Claire visits the bartender and seedy musician Jay, who is getting on in years and whom she met by chance, to have sex with him in his apartment. At first the two do not know the name of their partner. After one of their meetings, Jay secretly follows Claire into a suburban theater and discovers herself on stage as an actress in Tennessee Williams ' play The Glass Menagerie . He finds out that she is married to the taxi driver Andy and has a son with him. Jay makes the acquaintance of Andy, whom he questions about Claire, her habits, her acting and her life, and only now learns the name of his sex partner. However, this knowledge changes his attitude towards her and destroys the basis of a relationship that was previously only sexual. Little by little he realizes that Claire will probably not part with her husband. After their secret relationship is exposed, they meet one last time and have sex with an intensity and closeness that they had never experienced in any of their previous meetings. This ends their relationship.
Reviews
The film sparked controversial reviews in the US and Europe.
- 3sat praised the film: “At its world premiere, Patrice Chéreau's award-winning drama Intimacy sparked controversial discussions due to its revealing sex scenes. In fact, the sophisticated film based on the motives of Hanif Kureishi never succumbs to voyeurism. Rather, Chéreau is concerned with exploring the complex mental life of his protagonists, whereby the sex scenes have more of a metaphorical than an erotic meaning. "
- The time 09/2001 came to a similar assessment: “With Intimacy , Patrice Chéreau rightly won the competition at the 51st Berlinale. The nervousness of the film, whose energetic hand-held camera reads the characters' restlessness directly from the skin or even seems to snatch them from the air around them, extends beyond the film itself. "
- Cinema wrote: “The most moving and erotic scene doesn't take place in bed anyway: Jay secretly follows Claire around London. He loses her in an alley. But she recognizes him when she steps out of a shop, unnoticed by him. Now she's following him. The Berlinale winner explores the complex interplay of love and intimacy in an oppressively intense manner: The search for the other comes nowhere. This makes 'Intimacy' a thoughtful film for adults who are aware of the fears, injuries, hopes and disappointments in life. And one who touches the soul. "
Awards
At the 51st Berlin Film Festival 2001 :
- Golden Bear for the best film
- Silver Bear for Best Actress (Kerry Fox)
- Blue Angel for the best European film
Web links
- Intimacy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website ( Memento of July 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
- Comparison of the cut versions R-Rated and Unrated by Intimacy at Schnittberichte.com