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Dominican Rep. Secret Defense
- Original title
- Secret défense
- Year
- 1998
- Running time
- 167 min.
- Country
France- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Sandrine Bonnaire- Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Laure Marsac
Françoise Fabian
Grégoire Colin- Bernadette Giraud
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production France-Switzerland-Italy;
- Genre
- Drama. Mystery
- Synopsis
- When a brilliant scientist discovers that her father, an expert on nuclear missiles, did not die accidentally, but was murdered by a family friend, she swears vengeance. She soon finds herself deeply embroiled in conspiracy, intrigue, and lust. And when she discovers the truth about her father - it threatens to shake her very foundation.
- Critics' reviews
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With suave and feline images by the cinematographer William Lubtchansky, Rivette offers a virtual documentary on modern bourgeois solitude"
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"The brooding intimations of Greek tragedy are part of what keeps this 170-minute thriller fascinating throughout."
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"Hermetic and somewhat opaque, this perfectly symmetrical tragedy is not for every taste. For those willing to enter the Rivette zone, however, it's a chess puzzle devised by a grand master."
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"Yes, it's long, but Bonnaire holds it together with a statuesques and human performance, and whilst not Rivette's best, this is still a fascinating example of his work."
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