A Private Affair (2002 film)

A Private Affair
File:A Private Affair (2002 film).png Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Guillaume Nicloux
Produced by	Frédéric Bourboulon
Written by	Guillaume Nicloux
Starring	Thierry Lhermitte Marion Cotillard Lydia Andrei Jeanne Balibar Aurore Clément Garance Clavel Niels Arestrup Clovis Cornillac Frédéric Diefenthal Robert Hirsch Philippe Nahon Samuel Le Bihan
Music by	Éric Demarsan
Cinematography	Olivier Cocaul
Edited by	Guy Lecorne
Distributed by	BAC Films
Release dates	13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) (Festival du Film Policier de Cognac) 30 April 2002 (2002-04-30) (France)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$4.6 million
Box office	$2.2 million

A Private Affair (French: Une affaire privée) is a 2002 French crime mystery thriller film written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux. The film premiered at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac on 13 April 2002 and was released theatrically in France on 30 April 2002.

Plot

François Manéri is a private detective in charge of the whereabouts of a young missing woman, Rachel Siprien. Six months have passed since the disappearance. At the request of the mother of the latter, François took over the business. The multifaceted personality of the young woman draws a complex web between her best friend, Clarisse, her ex-boyfriend, her stepfather, neighbors and those who knew her from near and far.

Cast

• Thierry Lhermitte as François Manéri
• Marion Cotillard as Clarisse Entoven
• Samuel Le Bihan as Vincent Walt
• Aurore Clément as Madame Siprien
• Niels Arestrup as Monsieur Siprien
• Jeanne Balibar as Sylvie
• Clovis Cornillac as Freddy
• Philippe Nahon as Mathieu
• Bruno Todeschini as Franck Tanner
• Philippe Morier-Genoud as Henri Dalvec
• Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Philippe
• Yves Verhoeven as Monsieur Pujol
• Carlo Brandt as Inspector Rossen
• Gérald Thomassin as Inspector Bonnis
• Garance Clavel as Sandrine Pujol
• Consuelo De Haviland as Claudine Després
• Lydia Andrei as Marion
• Marie-Armelle Deguy as Nadège
• Françoise Sage as Martine
• Laurent Grévill as Josselin
• Marc Rioufol as Gilles
• Mathieu Genet as Frédéric
• Sacha Dougnac as Paul
• Frédéric Diefenthal as the transvestite
• Robert Hirsch as the old man
• Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Apolus man

External links

• A Private Affair at IMDb
• A Private Affair at AllMovie
• A Private Affair at Rotten Tomatoes