Los Angeles Times said: "Life is not a game, but "La Discrete" is: exquisite, humorous, touching, knowing, beautifully played. The characters may lose, but their audience won't." TV Guide called it "richly ironic, erotic, ephemeral, intellectually provocative and downright earthy," and added that it is "one of those deceptively small films that rocks the soul with its almost offhanded insights into eternal human truths. It's as good as Rohmer's best, with a lot less talk and a much harder edge." In Film Comment critic Molly Haskell named it her favorite film of the year. The Austin Chronicle called it "a wonderful, honest film", and said that Vincent's direction is "so self-assured it's hard to believe this is his first feature film." Time Out said it was a "very Rohmer-esque film", and commented that "the interest lies not so much in the predictable intrigue - it almost reads like a commonplace seduction comedy - as in the treatment of a particularly unpalatable strain of French amorous discourse." Awards 1991 César Awards: Best First Feature Film (Christian Vincent) - Winner Best Writing (Christian Vincent, Jean-Pierre Ronssin) - Winner Best Female Newcomer (Judith Henry) - Winner Best Actor (Fabrice Luchini) - Nominee Best Supporting Actor (Maurice Garrel) - Nominee 1990: Prix Méliès References External links French comedy-drama films 1990 films Films directed by Christian Vincent Best First Feature Film César Award winners Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris 1990 directorial debut films 1990s French-language films 1990s French films