A SECRET (Un secret) West Coast Premiere Drama France/Germany, 2007 In French with English subtitles 35mm/1.85/Color/Dolby DTS/100 min Awards: 2008 Cesar Award for Julie Depardieu (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) Official Selection: Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (2007), Montreal World Film Festival (2007), Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Today (2008), Unifrance French Film Festival in Japan (2008) Directed by: Claude Miller Written by: Claude Miller, Natalie Carter Based on a novel by: Philippe Grimbert Cinematography: Gérard de Battista Editor: Véronique Lange Music: Zbigniew Preisner Produced by: Yves Marmion Production Company: UGC YM Co-production: France 3 Cinéma With: Cécile de France (Tania), Patrick Bruel (Maxime), Ludivine Sagnier (Hannah), Mathieu Amalric (37 year-old François), Julie Depardieu (Louise), Nathalie Boutefeu (Esther), Quentin Dubuis (14 year-old François), Myriam Fuks (Hannah’s mother), Sam Garbarski (Joseph), Eric Godon (Serge Klarsfeld) www.unsecret-lefilm.com Adapted from Philippe Grimbert’s best selling novel, A Secret is a story of passion and guilt in troubled times, which unfolds as a young teenager uncovers the truth about his parents’ past. He finds out that before the war, his father Maxime (Patrick Bruel, The Comedy of Power, O Jerusalem) was married to Hannah (Ludivine Sagnier, 8 Women, A Girl Cut in Two, Love Songs) when he fell madly in love with his mother Tania (Cécile de France (The Russian Dolls, Avenue Montaigne, (COLCOA 2006)). As a young Jewish couple living in Nazi-occupied France, Maxime and Tania had to make difficult choices to survive the war and the Holocaust. CLAUDE MILLER Claude Miller started his career working with some of the greatest film makers: Marcel Carné, Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut. He co-wrote and directed his first feature film in 1976, the critically-acclaimed The Best Way to Walk, starring a stellar Patrick Dewaere. With his popular film noir Under Suspicion (1981) and two award-winning films starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte and Lulu (1985) and The Little Thief (1988) based on an unfinished Truffaut script, he established himself as one of France’s lead writer/directors. Recent works include Little Lili (2003), Alias Betty (COLCOA 2002), La classe de neige (1998). Set for a U.S. release later in the year US Distributor: Strand Releasing 6140 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Phone: (310) 836 7500 Fax: (310) 836-7510 www.strandreleasing.com PRESS “Based on Philippe Grimbert's fact-inspired novel, "Un secret" is a fine drama that stands as Gallic vet Claude Miller's best in at least a decade. [...] Direction and screenplay let the multitiered narrative's emotions emerge without need for melodramatic flourishes.” (Variety) “The elegiac tone of this rueful romantic tragedy adapted from a novel by Philippe Grimbert recalls “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.” (The New York Times) “Swirling fluidly through time with flawless editing and pace -- centered by a recurring shot of Cecile de France poised to dive -- "Secret" is a big film combining riveting drama, historical heft, and indelible images that should pull in viewers here.” (indieWIRE)