Intimacy (2001)

Intimacy: Directed by Patrice Chéreau. With Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Susannah Harker, Alastair Galbraith. A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.

“I just saw this film in Paris, mainly attracted to it by Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox, who are consistently terrific actors.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLooking at the other comments issued so far, I guess that most of the attention given the film will be on the graphic sex scenes, but in general they contributed well to the overall story of lost people looking for some connection in their lives, which in a city like London (as it is filmed) seems impossible. Still, I have no idea how a sexually repressed country like Britain will pass this film without cuts. It will be intriguing to see the infantile controversy that this film will ignite in the media when it plays here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI wouldnu0026#39;t recommend this film for those who are used to fast-paced stories and quick-fire dialogue. I never found the pacing too slow but you have to watch everything carefully to feel the full impact of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you have ever had a passionate but ultimately painful affair, this film will throw up all those feelings that you thought you had forgotten.”