Nearest to Heaven

Nearest to Heaven

90 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 20, 2002

People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written by

Nearest to Heaven

90 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 20, 2002

Nearest to Heaven
People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written by
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers
Original title Au plus près du paradis
Directors Tonie Marshall
Writers Tonie Marshall, Anne-Louise Trividic

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

as Fanette

William Hurt

as Matt

Bernard Le Coq

as Bernard

Gilbert Melki

as Alain

Nathalie Richard

as Brigitte

Patrice Chéreau

as Pierre

Emmanuelle Devos

as la jeune femme au cinéma

Daniel Pommereulle

as L'éditeur

Christian Cloarec

as Videur cinéma