of the main reasons Resnais' work combines so effortlessly the cinematic with the theatrical." Accolades Alain Resnais won a Silver Lion award for best direction at the 2006 Venice Film Festival, as well as the 2007 Étoile d'Or for best director and a FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007 European Film Awards. The film received seven nominations for the 2007 Césars but did not win any of the categories. Laura Morante won a Pasinetti Award for best actress at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. César Awards (France) Nominated: Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier) Nominated: Best Costume Design (Jackie Budin) Nominated: Best Director (Alain Resnais) Nominated: Best Editing (Hervé de Luze Nominated: Best Music Written for a Film (Mark Snow) Nominated: Best Production Design (Jacques Saulnier) Nominated: Best Sound (Jean-Marie Blondel, Thomas Desjonquères and Gérard Lamps) Nominated: Best Writing - Adaptation (Jean-Michel Ribes) Venice Film Festival (Italy) Won: Pasinetti Award for Best Actress (Laura Morante Won: Silver Lion for Best Director (Alain Resnais) Nominated: Golden Lion (Alain Resnais) References External links "Hollywood mon amour" : an extended review of Private Fears in Public Places by Jonathan Rosenbaum. [Retrieved 24 January 2018] 2006 films 2006 comedy-drama films European Film Awards winners (films) Films scored by Mark Snow French films based on plays Films based on works by Alan Ayckbourn Films directed by Alain Resnais Films set in Paris 2000s French-language films 2006 comedy films 2006 drama films French comedy-drama films 2000s French films