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Coeurs: Private Fears in Public Places

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Format Import, Dolby, NTSC
Language French
Runtime 2 hours
Manufacturer Christal
UPC 807581508761

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, Dolby, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 22, 2007
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Christal
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000NVL046
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  • MICHAEL ACUNA
    5.0 out of 5 stars LoveBound
    Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2007
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    The Paris of Alain Resnais' "Private Fears in Public Places" ("Coeurs" <"Hearts"> in France) is a cold, heartless place. A place in which people attempt to meet, talk at rather than with each other and try their best to make a real connection but that is not to be as the vagaries of life invariably get in their way.
    All of the characters are of middle age: 40-60 years of age. These are people who have achieved a certain amount of success but whose personal lives are as messy as any 20 year olds.
    The décor of "PFPP" plays a major role here: all hard, shiny surfaces, bright, fake colors that do not exist in nature...all of these things contribute to the erzatz 1970's feel of Resnais mise en scene: there is no doubt that the sets are indeed sets as Resnais makes no claim to reality here even going to extreme lengths to open up the 3rd wall and film from above.
    Laura Morante, eye-poppingly beautiful as Nicole: frustrated with her fiancé, Dan (Lambert Wilson, recently separated from the Army and at odds and ends with what he is going to do for the rest of his life) are the most interesting of all the couples and quasi-couples. Nicole and Dan circle each other only fitfully making anything resembling contact. They dispassionately argue, they fake romance: they are empty vessels and seem happy to remain as such.
    "Private Fears in Public Places" is bright and shiny though at times it gets dark particularly when the incessant snowfall gets denser. Resnais is after obfuscation here. He seeks to muddy what we want made clear. His people are symbols, not real, thoughtful human beings: they seek succor and immediate pleasure and enlightenment. What they get is God's hand squashing them like bugs.
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  • MarkusG
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of Resnais' strongest films...
    Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2008
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    Alain Resnais is famous for french new wave-films like Last Year in Marienbad, Hiroshima mon Amour and Muriel. This late film of his is definitely not one of his better (though despite this it is better than most of the crap they call cinema). Worth watching but not buying.
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  • Roger Lafontaine
    4.0 out of 5 stars One laugh like this is worth a thousand
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2009
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    I got the impression from the picture on the jacket that this was going to be a 'light-hearted romantic comedy' but actually it is a very sad, exploration of loneliness and in the end very touching and done with great kindness and sensitivity. When you do laugh it is so subtle and heartfelt that it surprises you. One laugh like that is worth a thousand of the regular kind. I was especially moved by the two older gentlemen, the real estate agent and the bartender. The bartender is a rather tragic figure who appears to be very cynical at first glance but in a very subtle and understated way reveals a great heart. The real estate agent is the only funny one in the movie, but he too does this in such an understated way that it appears to be even more marvelous. You know sometimes actors knock themselves out to appear lovable or funny. They should take a good look at these people. It would probably go over their heads anyway but I found it strangely awesome. I gave the film only 4 stars because I thought the film itself wasn't up to that high level. Maybe 4 and a half for these lovely performances.
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  • Roland E. Zwick
    2.0 out of 5 stars less than the sum of its parts
    Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2007
    **1/2

    In seminal works such as "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" and "Last Year at Marienbad," legendary French director Alain Resnais created a whole new vocabulary and grammar for film. His key innovation involved the creation of the time-shuffling narrative coupled with near-subliminal quick cuts in the editing. Ironically, his revolutionary style was appropriated so quickly by directors the world over that the technique became something of a cinematic cliché almost overnight (with even poor Resnais himself falling victim to his own success, as his later films often felt as if they too were borrowing from the master). One can even detect Resnais' influence in such disparate American movies as "Two For the Road" and "Slaughterhouse-Five," not to mention practically half of all the "serious" dramas that come our way these days (i.e. "21 Grams," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Babel").

    Although his latest endeavor, "Private Fears in Public Places," takes place pretty much in a linear time frame, it still manages to tell three concurrently running stories of lost love, each set in a slightly surreal Paris where people interact with one another in stylized settings and where snow falls relentlessly in the background. The cast of characters includes an ex-soldier who has turned to alcoholism and indolence as a means of covering up a "shameful" event that happened to him while he was in the army; his beautiful fiance who has grown increasingly frustrated by her boyfriend's indifference to her and the life he is leading; a middle-aged bartender who is having to cope with the increasingly violent temper of his irascible, ailing father; a compassionate, deeply religious caregiver who forms a bond with the old man's son; and a real estate agent who lives with his desperately lonely sister and who becomes fascinated by the pornographic tapes his seemingly prim-and-proper co-worker (who is also the caregiver) keeps loaning to him.

    As a longtime admirer of Resnais' work, I wish I could say that I enjoyed "Private Fears in Public Places" more than I did. As a study of a group of lonely, unhappy people trapped in a loveless world, this extremely well-acted movie boasts a fair number of moving and even rather funny moments that perfectly capture the soul-crushing angst of modern life. The script is also commendably audacious in not providing a happily-ever-after ending for its characters. Yet, for all its virtues, the movie itself turns out to be less than the sum of its parts, primarily due to its over length and the desultory pacing that drains much of the passion and energy out of the film. Resnais and writer Jean-Michel Ribes - with Alan Ayckbourn's play as their blueprint - do a decent enough job making all the pieces of the narrative puzzle fit together into a grander scheme, but the claustrophobic, stage bound nature of the work ultimately makes us restless. And even though I acknowledge that it is probably that very iciness and claustrophobia that lie at the root of what the film is all about, that realization doesn`t make the movie any more entertaining to watch.

    Not a bad movie really, just not one of his best.
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  • Tony
    5.0 out of 5 stars the hype holds up
    Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019
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    A very enjoyable French film. Bit of comedy, bit of pathos, and not always clear which is which.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful film!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021
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    Great cast and beautifully filmed.
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  • Nicholas Casley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Two Masters at Work
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2012
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    This review does not give any plots away but does comment on some of the characteristics of each of the six main players.

    `Private Fears in Public Places' is the English title for this French film. Directed by French auteur Alain Resnais, the film examines relationships between six people in a wintry modern-day Paris: hence the simpler French title `Hearts'. I originally saw the film in the cinema and was impressed enough to note that it was more than just another film about the intricate and interrelational lives of others. Resnais adapted the play by Alan Ayckbourn. Resnais is a fan of Ayckbourn's work, and sharp-eyed viewers will notice the poster for Scarborough that adorns the hallway of one of the sets.

    Thierry works with born-again Charlotte in an estate agency. He thinks Charlotte is leading him on. At home, he lives with sister Gael, who uses a lonely-hearts column to meet potential a new partner. Eventually she meets up with Dan, who has (unbeknownst to her) been looking at new properties with brother Thierry. He's been assessing apartments in tow with his fiancée Nicole, but she and Dan have now agreed to part. Dan seeks solace with barman (and bachelor) Lionel, whose father (unseen but very much heard) is looked after in her spare time by born-again Charlotte, who works during the day with Thierry in an estate agency. And thus we come full circle. Each character interacts with at least two others, Lionel the barman with them all except Thierry. Meanwhile, outside, it snows.

    There is much humour in the sadness, as each of the six players does his or her best to hide some part of their personality. The film adheres in many ways to the theatrical form of the original play. Thus we have long scenes between couples on a small number of sets. Resnais makes this more interesting by placing the camera above the sets as we follow characters from room to room. There is some temporal incongruity between the use of props such as laptops and the latest mobile telephones with older acts such as letter-writing and taping onto VHS, but this does not detract from the film's human resonance. In addition, it's all well-framed and assisted by appropriate lighting. What also makes this film special is the soundtrack by Mark Snow. It's very much like John Barry in a meditative mood. And with such fine actors as Pierre Arditi, Andre Dussollier, Lambert Wilson, you know you're in for a treat.

    There are some generous extras. First, a twenty-minute interview in English with Lambert Wilson (who plays Dan). He relates how Resnais wanted to make it French, even asking Wilson not to read the original English play. (Yet, Wilson relates how to him the whole feel of the play and film is English.) For those interested in Resnais's methods, Wilson explains his rehearsal process. The second interview (in French with subtitles) is with Sabine Azema (who plays Charlotte). She went to Scarborough every year on holiday (apparently with Alain Resnais).

    The third and final interview is with Alan Ayckbourn himself. Over twenty-five minutes he relates how he started as a playwright (his seventy-sixth play recently had its premier), and also how he met Resnais in the 1990s. Unlike Lambert Wilson, Ayckbourn contends that it is a French film, even though it follows his play scene-by-scene. I tend to think Lambert Wilson is right and Ayckbourn wrong.

    Other extras include three episodes of the fake French TV programme `Songs That Changed My Life', which plays such an important part in the relationship between Thierry and Charlotte. There is also a Resnais filmography.

    `Private Fears in Public Places' is a quiet and thoughtful film, full of humour and pathos. Here we see at least two masters at work: the playwright who can write so well of the human condition, and the filmmaker who can so brilliantly communicate that to the audience. This is a gem.
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  • technoguy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Private Fears in Public Places
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2009
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    I love when the French get hold of something English and make it their own. They did it well with Summer Things. Now they've done it with this Alan Ayckborn's stage play.The snow falling throughout the film is a surrealistic device that unites all the lonely people whose stories are all interconnected.This is the great Alain Renais who uses what was farce about bourgois anxieties to turn into metaphysical melancholy about people who are all stuck in the same web trying to break free.There's no spider in this web or resolution to the stories.One of the scenarios seems to come from a Beckett play with an off-camera sickly father issuing obscenities and commands from his bed.Everybody is seeking for something but they usually pick the wrong person.There is a beautiful humour at work that allows the characters to breath their own humanity.Each scene is so carefully crafted and so finely realized that each leads through falling snow onto the next.Go see it.
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  • CherylH
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not convinced by the casting re the age of characters or some of the symbolic additions but as there was not a film of the origi
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2014
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    Interesting version of Ayckbourne's play. Not convinced by the casting re the age of characters or some of the symbolic additions but as there was not a film of the original this made for good discussion when comparing it to the play text. The interviews are quite useful & aid understanding of this interpretation.
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  • Lionram
    2.0 out of 5 stars Slowmo "Hearts"
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2011
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    What a heavy bore! I suppose a French adaptation of an Ayckbourn "comedy" was doomed from conception. The play in performance, as by Guildburys at the Electric Theatre in Guildford in 2010, was so much more entertaining and moving.
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  • Hywel James
    5.0 out of 5 stars "A film about everything except solitude"
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2010
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    The header is a remark attributed to Alain Renais by one of the players in his movie, "Coeurs", or as it is known in Britain, "Private Fears in Public Places", the title of the play by Alan Ayckbourn upon which the film is based. Actor Lambert Wilson, who takes the part of Dan, offers a number of good insights into the film in the highly worthwhile "extras" to the DVD. "A film about everything except solitude" applies to the sense in which all the characters seek relationships of one kind or another but are denied them by a variety of circumstances. Tragically all of them have relationships with people, seen or unseen in the film, but those relationships are unsatisfactory, again for a variety of different reasons. Thus they exist in a deep (but wholly unacknowledged) solitude, unable to fulfil their profoundest needs for love, sympathy, affection or simple friendship.

    And that is the substance of this film - the difference between what we have in our lives, what we seek in them and what life actually offers us.

    Not a theme which will have you punching the air at the end but one which offers gently profound insights into the human condition. Having said that there are moments of wonderful comedy and the film is by no means as bleak as some reviewers have claimed.

    In addition to that the film offers a company of some of the most accomplished French actors delivering performances of rare perfection, some great music, and the chance to savour the work of a master film director.
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