What begins as curiosity turns into a "sordid illicit affair". Marie becomes like an "addict," unable to stop despite the destruction it causes to her family.
Michel d'Ornano Award (Deauville Film Festival); French Shooting Award (Avignon) Described as "riveting," "graphic," and "sensitive" Le secret (2000)
Marie is a 35-year-old door-to-door encyclopedia saleswoman living a stable middle-class life outside Paris. She has a loving husband, François, and a young son, but she feels an inexplicable lack of fulfillment. Her routine is shattered when she meets Bill, a reclusive African American choreographer on sabbatical, and begins an intense, graphic affair. Plot Highlights What begins as curiosity turns into a "sordid