A Secret Kept

　　The long-delayed resolution of a French family's mysteryelectrifies de Rosnay's (Sarah's Key) glimpse at the crushing costof keeping secrets. Parisian architect Antoine Rey and his sister,Mélanie, celebrate her 40th birthday on the island where theyvacationed as children with their mother, until she died there in1974. Upon returning, Mélanie is gripped by a shocking repressedmemory and loses control of the car. After a brief spell ofamnesia, she tells her brother what it was she remembered: theirmother had been in love with a woman. As a skeptical Antoineinvestigates this twist in their mother's past, an upsetting chainof events unfurls: his daughter's best friend drops dead of a heartcondition at only 14 years of age; his teenage son is arrested; andhe learns that his father is dying of cancer. Antoine gets supportin his quest from a new lover, a Harley-riding mortician whoteaches him how respecting death helps one to embrace life. Thisperceptive portrait of a middle-aged man's delayed coming-of-agerates as a seductive, suspenseful, and trés formidablekeeper.
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