Nearest to Heaven
5.2
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
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Cast
43 people
Catherine Deneuve
Fanette
Known for
Dancer in the Dark
Repulsion
William Hurt
Matt
Known for
Into the Wild
The Incredible Hulk
Tonie Marshall
Olivier Bomsel
Agnès Godard
Bernard Le Coq
Bernard
Known for
Caché
Joyeux Noel
Anne-Louise Trividic
Émilie Frigola-Salelles
Jacques Comets
Hélène Fillières
Lucie
Known for
Ares
Lady Chatterley
François Dompierre
Callum Greene
Tonie Marshall Director · Anne-Louise Trividic Writer Agnès Godard Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $543K · First release August 30, 2002 · Produced in France, Canada, Spain, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$543,038
Production
Pyramide Productions
Production
Maïa Films
Production
Tabo Tabo Films
Production
Cinémaginaire
Production
Lolafilms
Production
Keep Your Head Productions
Production
Film Paradis
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Super Écran
Production
StudioCanal
Production
Eurimages
Production
Gimages 5
Production
Gimages Développement
Production
Havas Images
Production
SODEC
Production
Téléfilm Canada
Production
France · Canada · Spain · United States
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Languages
Original title
Au plus près du paradis
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · August 30, 2002
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · November 20, 2002
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
December 4, 2002
Greece
May 30, 2003
Russia
October 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
November 7, 2003 · Theatrical
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