Private Screening

Crime, Drama · 1977

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.

Starring

Françoise Fabian, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Jean-Luc Bideau, Gérard Viard, Jane Birkin, Bernard Revon, Bulle Ogier, Catherine Leterrier, Jacques Weber, Jean Badal

Director

François Leterrier