Private Screening (1973)
Overview
Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains unchanged. Among the complications is his growing regard for the woman who plays his cinematic wife. She may wind up replacing his actual wife in real life. One of the highlights of this film is the insight it gives into the actual mechanics of filmmaking.
Cast
Françoise Fabian
Marthe / Eva
Jean-Luc Bideau
Denis Mallet
Jane Birkin
Kate / Hélène
Bulle Ogier
Camille
Jacques Weber
Philippe / Le comédien
Barbara Laage
Madeleine
Jean-François Gobbi
Samy
Sabine Glaser
Sonia
Yan Brian
Eric
Elisabeth Huppert
La femme d'Eric
Albert Simono
Le voyageur empressé
François Dyrek
L'autre metteur en scène
Jean-Louis Fortuit
Eric jeune
Albert Michel
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