The Secret

Synopsis

Marie, who works as a successful door-to-door encyclopedia salesperson, has been married to her husband Francois for 12 years and has a two-year-old son. Though she is relatively content with her life, she feels something is wanting. Enter 50-year old African-American Bill. Initially she is annoyed by his insouciance, but she finds that she is irresistibly attracted to him. Soon the two are in the midst of sordid illicit affair. She knows little about her new lover, and he seems uninterested in learning about her, but the long sessions of lovemaking are something else entirely. Feeling out of control, Marie is increasingly repelled by her own actions. Psychologically, she struggles to reconcile her torrid encounters with Bill and mundane domestic chores such as bathing her son. Moreover, she finds herself incapable of hiding her adulterous behavior, rather she comes home with scratches and hickeys all over her body, to the devastation Francois.

Main Cast

Anne Coesens

Marie

Age : 56 | Popularity : 9%

Michel Bompoil

François

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Tony Todd

Bill

Age : 69 | Popularity : 16%

Jacqueline Jehanneuf

Mère de Marie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Aladin Reibel

Rémy

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Quentin Rossi

Paul

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Valérie Vogt

Séverine

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Frédéric Sauzay

Luc

Age : 58 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Virginie Wagon
Writing	Writer	Virginie Wagon
	Screenplay	Erick Zonca
Camera	Director of Photography	Jean-Marc Fabre
Editing	Editor	Yannick Kergoat
Art	Production Design	Brigitte Brassart
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Brigitte Slama
Department	Role	Name

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