Un Secret (A Secret)

Un Secret (A Secret) (2007)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (45 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (3,481 ratings)

Informed that his elderly father has mysteriously disappeared, anxious Parisian François (Mathieu Amalric) recalls his tragic family history in director Claude Miller's adaptation of the fact-based novel by author Philippe Grimbert. As a sickly young child, François (Valentin Vigourt)… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Claude Miller
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jun 5, 2008 Wide
Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com

    The title of this movie suggests the difficulty in writing about it. You can't reveal a secret without spoiling it, and in this intriguing, complex family drama spread out over several time frames covering half a century, the secrets keep on coming

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    A structural mess that turns contrived just when it should be hitting home.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    A Secret is a showcase for great acting.

  • Dennis Harvey, Variety

    A fine drama that stands as Gallic vet Claude Miller's best in at least a decade.

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    The soapy climax is unnecessary.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • familiar s


    Nothing extraordinary or a secret that most can't see coming, yet I liked it. Maybe because besides being based on real events, the execution too was good enough & that it's not just a Holocaust/war movie.

  • Cynthia S


    A rather slow moving, nice French film about the holocaust, and its effects on an entire family. The movie is rather tedious, even as it portrays deep passions, and grief, flickering just below the surface of its characters. However, the acting is wonderful, and all else is… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "A Secret," it is 1955 and Francois(Valentin Vigourt) is a bookish seven-year old boy who comes as something as a disappointment to his athletic parents(Patrick Bruel & Cecile De France), spending most of his time at the home of Louise(Julie… More

  • Cinema F


    Est-il juste parce qu'il est Francais? Based on a true story, Un Secret sees post-war France through the eyes of pre-teen Francois, an only child of two ridiculously good-looking parents. When he becomes curious about the inner workings of his parents' relationship, a… More

  • C.R. L


    There?s a moment in ?A Secret,? Claude Miller?s absorbing adaptation of the autobiographical Philippe Grimberg novel, when a French Jew, operating with a false gentile passport during the World War II Nazi occupation, makes a decision under questioning that seals her fate, along with… More

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