Private Property (Nue propriete) (2006)
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74% of critics liked it
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64% of users liked it
(850 ratings)
The sale of a family home causes some ugly truths to be uncovered in this drama from writer and director Joachim Lafosse. Pascale (Isabelle Huppert) is a middle-aged divorcée living in a restored farmhouse in the countryside with her twin sons, twentysomethings Francois and Thierry. After years of… More The sale of a family home causes some ugly truths to be uncovered in this drama from writer and director Joachim Lafosse. Pascale (Isabelle Huppert) is a middle-aged divorcée living in a restored farmhouse in the countryside with her twin sons, twentysomethings Francois and Thierry. After years of bickering with her ex-husband about the estate, Pascale has decided to sell the farmhouse with an eye toward opening a guest house in a resort community, but the twins are vehemently opposed to the idea. Pascale persuades her boyfriend to talk with Francois and Thierry in hopes of changing their mind, but the meeting does not go well and the twins inadvertently discover a long-held family secret that causes them to turn against Pascale, as well as one another. Also starring Jérémie Rénier and Yannick Renier as the twins, Nue-Propriété received its world premier at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joachim Lafosse
- Written By
- Joachim Lafosse, François Pirot
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- May 18, 2007 Limited
- On DVD
- Sep 11, 2007
- Studio
- New Yorker Films
Critic Reviews
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
An impeccably acted character drama revolving around a mother and her teenage twin sons, Private Property shows how strong and how terrifying the bonds within families can be.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What draws us into "Private Property" is how so many things happen under the surface, never commented upon. At any given moment, we cannot say for sure what the characters fully feel, since they often act at right angles to their emotions.
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Tasha Robinson, Chicago Tribune
[Director] Lafosse's frustrating, yet beautifully elegiac coda emphasizes the point that his production and storytelling style have been making throughout: Private Property is about processes, not conclusions.
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Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
Sometimes the path of excess leads not to the tower of wisdom, but to exhaustion.
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Lafosse has made a mordant movie beyond genres -- and one that is too mesmerizing to miss.
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Cast
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Isabelle Huppert
as Pascale
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Jérémie Renier
as Thierry
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Yannick Renier
as François, François, Fran?ois
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Kris Cuppens
as Jan
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Raphaelle Lubansu
as Anne
- Patrick Descamps
- Didier De Neck
- Dirk Tuypens
- Sabine Riche