Intimacy (2001 film)

Intimacy
Intimacy
	French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Patrice Chéreau
Screenplay by	Anne-Louise Trividic; Patrice Chéreau;
Based on	Intimacy; by Hanif Kureishi
Produced by	Patrick Cassavetti; Jacques Hinstin;
Starring	Kerry Fox; Mark Rylance; Timothy Spall; Philippe Calvario; Alastair Galbraith; Marianne Faithfull;
Cinematography	Eric Gautier
Edited by	François Gédigier
Music by	Éric Neveux
Production; companies	Téléma; StudioCanal; Arte France Cinéma; France 2 Cinéma; WDR/Arte; Mikado Film; Azor Films;
Distributed by	BAC Films (France); Pathé Distribution (United Kingdom); Prokino Filmverleih (Germany); Mikado Film (Italy);
Release dates	20 January 2001 (Sundance); 28 March 2001 (France); 4 May 2001 (Italy); 7 June 2001 (Germany); 27 July 2001 (United Kingdom);
Running time	107 minutes; 119 minutes (France);
Countries	France; United Kingdom; Germany; Italy;
Language	English
Box office	$2.7 million

Intimacy is a 2001 erotic drama film directed by Patrice Chéreau from a screenplay he co-wrote with Anne-Louise Trividic, based on stories by Hanif Kureishi (who also wrote a novel of the same title). It stars Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance. The film is an international co-production between France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, featuring a soundtrack of pop songs from the 1970s and 1980s. Intimacy contains an unsimulated fellatio scene by Fox on Rylance. A French-dubbed version features voice actors Jean-Hugues Anglade and Nathalie Richard.

The film has been associated with the New French Extremity.