The Discreet

IMDb link: 0099436
IMDb rating: 7 (1,118 votes)
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director: Christian Vincent
Cast: Christian Vincent, Fabrice Luchini, Judith Henry, Marie Bunel, Maurice Garrel and others

Release date: 21 Nov 1990
Release year: 1990
Runtime: 94 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: underwater scene, 1980s, first person narration, librarian, nickname as title, diary film, broken heart, manuscript, objectification of women, manipulative behavior

Plot:

There is an author who has been dumped by his girlfriend and has no inspiration for a next novel. In an attempt to find a solution to both crises, he, along with his publisher friend, decides to seduce a young woman with the singular purpose of keeping a diary of the seduction and then dump her before publishing the book about it. Unfortunately he falls in love with her.

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