A Couch in New York

Original title: Un divan à New York

1996
R
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.4K

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Comedy Romance

A psychoanalyst in NYC exchanges apartments with a woman in Paris. When his patients show up, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early to NYC and becomes a patient.A psychoanalyst in NYC exchanges apartments with a woman in Paris. When his patients show up, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early to NYC and becomes a patient.A psychoanalyst in NYC exchanges apartments with a woman in Paris. When his patients show up, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early to NYC and becomes a patient.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Trivia
Chantal Akerman has since criticized her actors, William Hurt and Juliette Binoche, for not helping her promote the movie, after early mixed reception and production problems. Akerman has since said that both actors were difficult to work with and that Binoche was "as cold as an ice cube".

Quotes
Beatrice Saulnier: Freud and all this stuff, it's very enlightening, huh?

Soundtracks
Via Con Me
by Paolo Conte
© BMG Ricordi, sps
c/o BMG Music Publishing France
(P) Lasi Wesi records

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Akerman fails as a director of comedies

I really tried hard to like it... but the film simply is boring. In spite of a charming Binoche and a promising story, Akerman fails to create any true atmosphere. She manages to create some funny scenes, but a couple of funny scenes do not make a comedy. Neither does the viewer care about Hurt and his psychoanalyst nor do we feel any warmth and human feelings in his beginning relationship with Binoche. No romantic sparks flying, at least I didn't see any. The dialogue is also not funny. This is the second film by Akerman I viewed, the other being The Captive, which also fails for the same reasons. Akerman may have delivered nuanced portraits of persons, especially women, in earlier films, but Un divan in New York lacks everything a comedy needs.