i only discover resnais very recently and when i saw the masterpiece providence . since then and i have be keep an eye out for his film and so when this turn out to be show a part of the french film festival and i know i have to see it . how would i rate it . at first and i wasn not so sure . although it have it hilarious moment right from the start and i be start to wonder if this be a film worth watch more than once . indeed and if it have be direct by anybody but resnais and it may not have be . it be in the second half and though and that the film really hit it stride . the meeting between dan and gaelle ( who up to that point be fairly uninteresting character ) be superb and and be quite realistic and engage . this make the conclusion so much more heart wrenching and even though the consequence do seem a little clichéd . also and i immediately warm to andre dussollier and who be able to say so much with his facial expression . possibly the drawback be the character of nicole and charlotte . it be hard to really sympathize with the former and and i think the latter be a little odd it seem like she be overact for humorous effect and which be fine and but when it come to her make a serious point and you weren not sure how to take it exactly . the whole porn thing be a little wacky a well and and apart from create some laugh and seem a little contrived . those issue and however and do not seriously detract from the film . the dialogue be excellent and and the highlight ( with the exception of the afore mention meeting ) be the end . it seem like resnais have be wait to get to the end of the film just so he could pull off some artiness and but there be no doubt that it work . the scene with the snow fall in the house ( partly reminiscent of tarkovsky solaris ) be great and a be the final moment show every character in familiar yet distort place and to show their loneliness and or or unhappiness . the basic final sequence have be do many time before and but the way resnais direct it put it in a class above the rest . a anyone would tell you and ending can be crucial to a film and and this film end be superb . one final comment this be a case where i think the english title be a lot good than the french one . couers ( which i believe and from my limited knowledge of french and mean heart ) be a little dull compare to the english title of private fear in public place which and while perhaps not perfectly relevant to the film and be still an excellent title all the same .