Private Property DVD, 2006

aka Nue propriété

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MovieMail's Review

In this shrewd family drama, Isabelle Huppert plays a weary middle-aged divorcee who longs to break away from family life with her two sons, both in their early twenties but who act like bullish teenagers, continually fighting each other and failing to get jobs. When she flirts with the idea of selling the house to finance a B&B with her lover, her sons rebel and the family dynamic alters radically.
Any film that opens with a dedication à nos limites suggests that boundaries are about to be broken, and so it proves in the opening scene, in which Huppert tries on sexy lingerie in front of a mirror whilst her two sons make inappropriate innuendo in the background. As the latest entry in the recent rise of Belgian realism (Private Property breathes the same air as the work of the Dardenne brothers), this captures some uncanny moments of human fallibility, such as the many fraught dinner scenes. Huppert is marvellous as always, and special mention should go to Jérémie Renier, so promising in The Child, who makes his thuggish character surprisingly sympathetic.

Alex Davidson on 7th February 2008
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Film Information

Director - Joachim Lafosse

Produced - 2006

Main Language - French with English subtitles

Countries & Regions - European Film, French Film

Cast - Isabelle Huppert

DVD Details

Certificate:	15	Publisher:	Soda Pictures	Region:	2
Length:	95 mins	Cat No:	SODA071
Format:	DVD Colour

Film Description

Huppert plays Pascale, a woman living with her grown-up twins Thierry and François in a house inherited from her ex-husband. When Pascale introduces her new boyfriend to her sons, they react badly. She reasons it's high time for them to split, but this brings on all-out confrontation.