A passionate, heart-wrenching film that is a must-see for any romantic.
An Affair of Love(Une liaison pornographique)
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France, Switzerland, Belgium · 1999
Rated R · 1h 20m
Director Frédéric Fonteyne
Starring Nathalie Baye, Sergi López, Jacques Viala, Paul Pavel
Genre Drama, Romance
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A man and a woman, referred to only as "He" and "She," engage in a sexual affair that starts out as purely physical but turns into something more. The affair unfolds in an ad in the paper and in Internet chatrooms and behind a closed hotel door. Desire spirals as the couple grow closer than initially imagined.
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What are critics saying?
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
Clearly, this is an affair to forget.
A bit of a cop-out, wrapping in wistful sentimentality a failure to acknowledge a connection that is more than epidermal.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A film as romantic as its title.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Fonteyne edges closer than most to capturing the mysterious rhythms of liaisons -- pornographique, romantique, and otherwise.
Dallas Observer by Luke Y. Thompson
By boiling the characters down to the most basic emotions and eliminating lifestyle-specific idiosyncrasies, we can enter the world of the story with ease.
This wee, discreet little movie has a certain rueful intelligence about the ways we rather carelessly talk ourselves into love--and out of it as well.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
It is about the desiring itself, not about what they desire. That makes it more intriguing than if we knew their secret--and sexier.
Has the rare distinction of being slight and tragic at the same time.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
An extraordinarily perfect little film: A bittersweet drama that explores sexuality and love, and their reverberations across the landscape of human emotions.
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