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Intimité (Original title)Intimacy – Nell’intimità (Alternative title)Intimacy (Alternative title)
Dates: 2000 (Copyright), 01 January 2002 (Release)

Countries: France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Patrice Chéreau

Synopsis: Drama. On the life of a middle-aged man and his regular weekly meeting with his lover.

Genre:
Drama
Credits (61)
©/Production Company: Téléma, ©/Production Company: Le Studio Canal+, ©/Production Company: Arte France Cinéma, ©/Production Company: France 2 Cinéma, ©/Production Company: WDR/ARTE, ©/Production Company: Mikado Film, Azor Films, With the participation of: Canal+, BAC Films, In association with: Greenpoint Films, Presented by: Charles Gassot, Executive Producer: Jacques Hinstin, Executive Producer: Patrick Cassavetti, Unit Production Manager: Ben Rimmer, Production Manager: Lesley Stewart, Production Manager: Peter McAleese, Production Co-ordinator: Erica Bensly, Assistant Director (1st): Antoine Garceau, Assistant Director (2nd): Toby Sherborne, William Booker, Assistant Director (3rd): Jez Oakley, Spencer Dodds, Script Supervisor: Susanna Lenton, Casting: Karen Lindsay-Stewart, Screenplay: Anne-Louise Trividic, Screenplay: Patrice Chéreau, English Adaptation: Nigel Gearing, Based on stories by: Hanif Kureishi, Director of Photography: Éric Gautier, Digital Effects: Éclair Numérique, Editor: François Gédigier, Art Director: Hayden Griffin, Set Decorator: Linda Wilson, Costumes: Caroline de Vivaise, Wardrobe Mistress: Nathalie Ward, Wardrobe: Jane Petrie, Wardrobe: Kate Towns, Make-up/Hairdresser: Ivana Primorac, Make-up: Karen Edwards, Titles/Opticals: ACME Films, Music: Éric Neveux, Music Mixer: Didier Lizé, Music Consultant: Éric Neveux, Music Consultant: Valérie Lindon, Music Consultant: RéflexMusic, Sound: Guillaume Sciama, Sound: Jean-Pierre Laforce, Post-synchronization: Jacques Lévy, Sound Editor: Nadine Muse, Dialogue Editor: Laurence Briaud, Sound Effects: Philippe Penot, French Language Version: Alter Ego, French Language Version: Hervé Icovic, Frédérique Liebaut, Alter Ego (Mixer): Olivier Dô Húu, Stunt Co-ordinator: Peter Brayham, Stunts: Crispin Layfield, Stunts: Nrinder Dhuward, Stunts: Morgan Johnson, Stunts: Brian Nickels
Cast (33)
Mark Rylance (Jay), Kerry Fox (Claire), Timothy Spall (Andy), Alastair Galbraith (Victor), Philippe Calvario (Ian), Marianne Faithfull (Betty), Susannah Harker (Susan, Jay's wife), Frazer Ayres (Dave), Michael Fitzgerald, Robert Addie (bar owner), Deborah Mclaren (theatre course student), Rebecca Palmer (Pam, child in squat), Greg Sheffield, Vinni Hunter (Jay's child), Joe Prospero (Claire's son), Siân Reeves (Claire's neighbour at audition), Paola Dionisotti (Amanda in 'The Glass Menagerie'), Marcello Walton (Tom in 'The Glass Menagerie'), Christian Malcolm (Jim in 'The Glass Menagerie'), Katie Campbell, Roderic Culver, Jonathan Emmett, Gideon Gent, Alison Lintott, Xavier Loira, Kate Orr, Clare Wayland, Jean-Hugues Anglade (French dubbed voice of Jay), Nathalie Richard (French dubbed voice of Claire), Olivier Gourmet (French dubbed voice of Andy), Philippe Calvario (French dubbed voice of Ian), Jacques Bonnafé (French dubbed voice of Victor), Catherine Hiegel (French dubbed voice of Betty)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (29)
In: Film Ireland n101 Nov/Dec 2004  Pages: 28-30
Title: Disclosing and disrobing: revealing bodies and minds in...Author: McKIBBIN, Tony Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article title ends "...intimate cinema". Examines films which have been more or less successful at representing the characters' intimacy: VENDREDI SOIR, BEFORE SUNRISE, Les AMANTS, UNFAITHFUL, LAST TANGO IN PARIS and INTIMACY.

In: Filmovy Prehled n1 2002  Page: 9,10
Title: [Filmovy Prehled - n1 2002: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: Czech

In: Unifrance Film International Newsletter n30 Winter 2002  Pages: 28-31
Title: Patrice Chéreau:"foreign distributors are important partnersAuthor: CONTER, Elizabeth Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Patrice Chéreau that is mainly concerned with INTIMITE. Includes some credits and contacts information.

In: 24 Images n109 Winter 2002  Page: 50
Title: Rien à regarderAuthor: ROY, André Article type: CreditsLanguage: French

In: Creative Screenwriting v8 n6 Nov/Dec 2001  Page: 16,56
Title: Script comments: intimacyAuthor: NEFF, Renfreu Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Patrice Chereau who discusses the making of INTIMACY, including the difficulties of working with actors who have to portray exceptionally intimate scenes.

In: Avant-Scène du Cinéma n502 May 2001  Pages: 122-123
Title: Entretien avec Anne-Louise TrividicAuthor: WIGNESAN, Nachiketas Article type: InterviewLanguage: French
Description: Anne-Louise Trividic talks about working on INTIMITÉ.

In: Berlin Film Festival Catalogue v51st 2001  Pages: 42-43
Title: [Berlin Film Festival Catalogue - v51st 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: German
Description: Includes production/distribution contacts. Synopsis in German, English and French.

In: Screen International n1302 30 Mar 2001  Page: 18
Title: Close up: Patrice ChereauAuthor: NEIIENDAM, Jacob Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Patrice Chereau talks about making INTIMACY.

In: Cinéaste v27 n1 Winter 2001  Pages: 16-19
Title: Elusive Intimacy: An Interview with Patrice ChéreauAuthor: PORTON, Richard Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Career interview with Patrice Chéreau, particularly about INTIMITE. Interviewed in July 2001 shortly before the film's premiere at the New York Film Festival.

In: Cinéaste v27 n1 Winter 2001  Pages: 20-25
Title: Cinema and the Sex ActAuthor: WILLIAMS, Linda Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Looking at recent European films which display a new type of 'porno chic', i.e, sexual explicitness as seen in IDIOTERNE (The IDIOTS), INTIMITE (Intimacy), ROMANCE and A MA SOEUR (Fat Girl).

In: Cinema Scope n8 September 2001  Pages: 72-73
Title: Currency: Up close and personalAuthor: ERICKSON, Steve Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Variety 29 Jan 2001  Page: 51
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: ROONEY, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Empire n145 July 2001  Pages: 22-23
Title: Front row: are you sitting comfortablyAuthor: DINNING, Mark Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Recent mainstream films have shown a greater willingness to explore erotic themes, such as INTIMACY (2001).

In: Sight and Sound v11 n7 July 2001  Pages: 20-24
Title: The limits of sex: last tango in LewishamAuthor: FALCON, Richard Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Chéreau's adaptation in INTIMACY of a story by Hanif Kureishi moves away from emphasis on male ego to a consideration of the needs, desires and existential crisis of the female character, Claire.

In: Sight and Sound v11 n7 July 2001  Page: 23
Title: The limits of sex: braving out the explicitAuthor: DARKE, Chris Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Kerry Fox who discusses how she played the character of Claire in Patrice Chéreau's INTIMACY.

In: Sight and Sound v11 n7 July 2001  Page: 24
Title: The limits of sex: New Cross climaxesAuthor: FALCON, Richard Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Short interview with Patrice Chéreau who discusses how he achieved the sex scenes in his film INTIMACY.

In: Positif n482 April 2001  Pages: 13-15
Title: actualité: Patrice ChéreauAuthor: DE BRUYN, Olivier Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: A consideration of the work of Patrice Chéreau, focusing on INTIMACY.

In: Positif n482 April 2001  Pages: 16-20
Title: actualité: entretien Patrice ChéreauAuthor: TOBIN, Yann Article type: InterviewLanguage: French
Description: Interview with Patrice Chéreau who discusses his work referring particularly to INTIMACY.

In: Segnocinema v21 n110 Jul/Aug 2001  Pages: 51-52
Title: Perché Si / Perché NoAuthor: DE BERNARDINIS, Flavio Article type: CreditsLanguage: Italian
Description: Two reviews - for and againsst.

In: Télérama n2672 31 Mar 2001  Page: 46, 48
Title: "Avec Chéreau, j'ai pris des coups, ça m'a servi"Author: RIGOULET, Laurent Article type: InterviewLanguage: French
Description: Mark Rylance talks about working with Patrice Chéreau in INTIMACY.

In: Télérama n2672 31 Mar 2001  Pages: 50-51
Title: IntimitéAuthor: GUICHARD, Louis Article type: ReviewLanguage: French

In: Sight and Sound v11 n8 August 2001  Pages: 47-48
Title: ReviewsAuthor: VINCENDEAU, Ginette Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1294 2 Feb 2001  Page: 26
Title: Carnal knowledge for adults onlyAuthor: LEVY, Emanuel Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Segnocinema v21 n111 Sep/Oct 2001  Page: 44
Title: Tuttofilm 2000-2001Article type: CreditsLanguage: Italian
Description: In a list of releases for 2000-2001.

In: Empire n146 August 2001  Page: 64
Title: [Empire - n146 August 2001: no known title]Author: PETERS, Patrick Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Le Film Francais n2814 11 Feb 2000  Page: 22
Title: EN TOURNAGEArticle type: CreditsLanguage: French

In: Screen Finance v13 n5 16 Mar 2000  Pages: 10-11
Title: Investment so far down 85% on 1999 figuresArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Listing of films with UK production company involvement which went into production in January and February 2000, including some production details.

In: Screen International n1245 11 Feb 2000  Page: 24
Title: INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Télérama n2624 26 Apr 2000  Pages: 26-27,29-30
Title: Ceux qui l'aiment prendront l'EurostarAuthor: GUICHARD, Louis Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: Article on Patrice Chéreau and the making of INTIMACY, his choice of London as a location, the cast.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
Title: Real sex films: the new intimacy and risk in cinema
Author: TULLOCH, John  Pages: xxxii, 337 pages

Title: Mis/takes: archetype, myth and identity in screen fiction
Author: WADDELL, Terrie  Pages: xi, 213 p.

Title: Intimité (Intimacy): le scénario
Author: TRIVIDIC, Anne-Louise  Pages: 207p.