Michel d'Ornano Award (Deauville Film Festival); French Shooting Award (Avignon) Described as "riveting," "graphic," and "sensitive"
Anne Coësens (Marie), Michel Bompoil (François), Tony Todd (Bill) 107–109 minutes Awards Le secret (2000)
What begins as curiosity turns into a "sordid illicit affair". Marie becomes like an "addict," unable to stop despite the destruction it causes to her family. Key Information Director Virginie Wagon Main Cast Marie
The film concludes with a sense of "boundless, faint melancholy," mirrored by the soundtrack "Holes" by Mercury Rev . Key Information Director Virginie Wagon Main Cast She has a loving husband, François, and a
Marie encounters Bill while selling encyclopedias. Despite a language barrier and his aloof nature, she is drawn to his direct presence.
Marie is a 35-year-old door-to-door encyclopedia saleswoman living a stable middle-class life outside Paris. She has a loving husband, François, and a young son, but she feels an inexplicable lack of fulfillment. Her routine is shattered when she meets Bill, a reclusive African American choreographer on sabbatical, and begins an intense, graphic affair. Plot Highlights