One to Another (2006)

45% of critics liked it
(20 reviews)
50% of users liked it
(1,347 ratings)

Directors Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold's sexually political drama Chacun Sa Nuit explores the carnal interdependencies among a host of characters who live in a town in provincial France. At the center of it all is Pierre (Arthur Dupont), a conceited and vain bisexual musician in his late teens… More Directors Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold's sexually political drama Chacun Sa Nuit explores the carnal interdependencies among a host of characters who live in a town in provincial France. At the center of it all is Pierre (Arthur Dupont), a conceited and vain bisexual musician in his late teens who acts as a magnet, to varying degrees, for a whole array of characters -- from his sister, Lucie (Lizzie Brocheré), with whom he has a heated incestuous relationship, to a city councilor with whom he participates in gay orgies. When Pierre turns up dead, Lucie investigates the reasons for his demise and charts the network of sadomasochistic relationships that crisscross the town. Arnold wrote the screenplay, based on an actual series of events; the picture co-stars Pierre Perrier, Nicolas Nollet, and Guillaume Baché. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Jean-Marc Barr, Pascal Arnold
Written By: Pascal Arnold
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Jul 21, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Oct 2, 2007
Studio: Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
The film doesn't mean anything, but it's beautifully photographed and the cast is blindingly gorgeous and frequently naked.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
What sets it apart is all that's so effectively left unsaid.
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
If this is art, Cinemax is the Louvre.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Only the French seem to get away with passing off sensational sex romps as high art, but One to Another is pretty much just trashy -- its murder-mystery conceit a sideshow to the film's primary offering: nubile nudity.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Only the French could or would make a movie like this. You'll enjoy it if you turn off your brain and concentrate on the eye candy.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
The confusing time line of Pascal Arnold and Jean-Marc Barr's bizarre tale of sibling romance, murder and obsession is just one of its problems. The others are the romance, the murder and the obsession.
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
An uncommonly sensual and disquieting take on a familiar youth-movie theme: how the cocoon of adolescent sexual awakening can be torn apart by violent desire.
Ted Murphy, Murphy's Movie Reviews
I found the film to be engrossing and fairly well done and would recommend it.
David Noh, Film Journal International
Trash of a very appealing kind, and highly satisfying as just that.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...devoid of anything even resembling competence.
Martha Fischer, Cinematical
Deeply sincere, laughably misjudged, and insultingly shallow.
Gary Goldstein, Reel.com
It's a bold and watchable look at a group of friends in their late teens/early 20s -- four men and one woman -- who share a codependent, sometimes sexual, always provocative relationship.
John P. McCarthy, Boxoffice Magazine
The movie isn't poorly made, but writer/co-director Pascal Arnold has left out the interesting bits.
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
A stubbornly enticing mystery
Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
Dumb instincts dominate One to Another, whose comely performers don't so much act as erupt.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
One to Another cannot be appreciated without some measure of guilt.