Intimate Strangers (DVD review)

Intimate Strangers (2004) in French with English subtitles. Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini. Of course you've never heard of the stars of this film, and why should you? It starts with an intriguing premise: A woman, seeking psychiatric help, accidentally goes to the office of a tax accountant instead of the psychiatrist. She starts telling him her secrets and he, perhaps intrigued by her beauty, listens without telling her of her mistake. The movie goes downhill from there, however, as the drama gets muddled, the plot seems predictable and the ending is disappointing. I usually like foreign films more than this. Grade: B-