Nothing to hide: a film about infidelities and secrets
Netflix introduced us to a fun film, translated from Nothing to Hide, is a French romantic comedy about infidelities and secrets between couples that deserves to be seen and analyzed.
- Nothing to hide has a plot that wants to go beyond the appearances and social image of romantic relationships.
- As well as inviting us to reflect on what they become over time and the elements they support.
The story of the film is based on a game between four couples who meet for dinner, which consists of placing everyone’s mobile in the center of the table while everyone dines.
They agree to answer calls, read messages and listen to audio that is openly received over dinner so that everyone can listen and read, yet some secrets are revealed. It’s a comedy that ends up becoming terribly dramatic for the characters who participate in it.
Many couples who meet from school meet regularly for dinner together, the first thing that breaks with the apparent balance is that one of them appears without a partner: a new relationship that has not yet been presented to their friends. , we can already see other details that indicate that not all couples are having their best time. It is also possible to see an effort on the part of all to create a harmonious atmosphere during dinner.
In the middle of a conversation, one of the women invents a game and does so by challenging her husband. If no one has anything to worry about, everyone can put their cell phones on the table while having dinner together. All incoming calls, emails, or messages will be opened and read for all to see. Although others hesitate a little, in the end everyone gives in to prevent others from thinking, especially their own partners, that there are secrets that cannot be shared.
Each person’s jealousy and insecurities often lead to excessive control over the other member of the couple, on the other hand, trust within the relationship is one of the most important pillars on which it is based, but it is one of the most difficult. things to achieve, and also one of the most fragile.
What does psychology say about it? In fact, on many occasions when you feel the need to spy on your partner’s mobile phone, there is already a problem, whether it’s unwarranted mistrust or justified mistrust, either one or the other, as we talk about as a couple, it’s no longer a problem on the one hand and ends up becoming a shared problem.
The film shows us different types of relationships. We meet couples who have been together for many years, with teenagers and brilliant professional careers, the sentimental relationship erodes in many ways, passion is almost non-existent, we also find ourselves facing another typical element: everyone has been looking for a way to fill this void of passion.
Another couple projects an opposite image. A marriage that never seems to lose that passion of the other and in which they try to prove it, especially in public, so as not to leave doubts about how wonderful this relationship is. Sometimes this type of couple has more secrets to hide: one way or another. another, ends up being a theatre for the outside, but also a theater for the interior, one for the other.
it is a good example of a certain stigma associated with sentimental relationships, which must be based exclusively on romantic love, sometimes social circles are maintained that do not allow an evolution towards something more mature, or different, in a sentimental relationship. In the face of this pressure, it is necessary to have an emotional maturity that not all couples can reach.
Besides, every couple is a world, of that there is no doubt, perhaps the most important thought after watching the film is whether it is better to fight for the relationship despite the secrets or whether it is better to throw secrets into the wind to evaluate. the kind of relationship that really holds and if it’s worth following. A story that tries to go beyond the simple doubt of whether or not there are secrets between couples, and tries to show us why those secrets arise and are kept. it’s very good, both in its original version and in the version produced by Netflix.