482. EXPLORATIONS OF MIND ON FILM: INTIMATE STRANGERS

Peter Josyph

French director Patrice Laconte’s INTIMATE STRANGERS is one of the most captivating duets on film. Fabrice Luchini plays William, an accountant who falls into treating a mysterious and beautiful client, Anna, played by Sandrine Bonnaire, who becomes his patient when she accidentally walks into his office believing he is a therapist. Maintaining the deception, William begins to enjoy the fake therapy sessions. Every week, the pair meet, and they forge an odd and erotic relationship. A lively discussion will follow the screening of this sultry, intense, and passionate film.

NOTE: INTIMATE STRANGERS IS IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

1:00 – 3:30 p.m.                                                                                                                               1 Session

Thursday, August 7                                                                                                                          Fee:  $50

ABOUT THE LECTURER

Peter Josyph works concurrently as a writer, painter, actor, photographer, and filmmaker. He has published 12 books, including five on Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy, and a series of fictions about Henri Matisse; his paintings have exhibited around the world, and his films include: Shakespeare in New York; A Few Things Basquiat Did in School; Hell; Bardtalk; No Standing in St. Petersburg; Acting McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thornton’s All the Pretty Horses; and the award-winning Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero.