CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1974
The Secret posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1974 1h 42m FRA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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The Secret

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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The Collector poster 04

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Why this pick

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The Tenant poster 05

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Why this pick

Its paranoid, enclosed world and destabilized protagonist echo The Secret’s feeling that escape has not restored safety, while dread grows from surroundings and perception.

CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

At the start we see David as a prisoner in some sort of torture chamber, a row of cells whose occupants, in straitjackets, are chained to their beds. David manages to escape from custody. On the run, he arrives at the home of a couple living in an isolated farmhouse.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Patrice Melennec

Patrice Melennec

Gendarme

Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

Thomas Berthelot

Pierre Danny

Chef commando