Private Screening backdrop

Private Screening 1973 Directed by François Leterrier Projection privée

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.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Release Date 8 October 1973
95 mins
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
Elisabeth Huppert La femme d'Eric
Albert Simono Le voyageur empressé
François Dyrek L'autre metteur en scène
Jonathan Hunther Le jeune Américain
Albert Michel Le concierge de Denis
Joël Felzines Jean-Michel
Jérôme Kaminsky Garçon de l'autoroute 1
Raymond Huguen Garçon de l'autoroute 2