Made first for older women 1
The Secret's audience scores lean most toward older women at 100 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 3.
- 1Audience scoreolder women 100 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
Marie, who works as a successful door-to-door encyclopedia salesperson, has been married to her husband Francois for 12 years and has a two-year-old son. Though she is relatively content with her life, she feels something is wanting. Enter 50-year old African-American Bill. Initially she is annoyed by his insouciance, but she finds that she is irresistibly attracted to him. Soon the two are in the midst of sordid illicit affair. She knows little about her new lover, and he seems uninterested in learning about her, but the long sessions of lovemaking are something else entirely. Feeling out of control, Marie is increasingly repelled by her own actions. Psychologically, she struggles to reconcile her torrid encounters with Bill and mundane domestic chores such as bathing her son. Moreover, she finds herself incapable of hiding her adulterous behavior, rather she comes home with scratches and hickeys all over her body, to the devastation Francois.
Age: 69 — leans mature
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Advocacy Over Time in Romance
The average advocacy score of Romance titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 0 | 2 |
| 1931 | 1 | 3 |
| 1932 | 0 | 2 |
| 1935 | 0 | 4 |
| 1936 | 0 | 2 |
| 1939 | 7 | 2 |
| 1940 | 0 | 3 |
| 1942 | 0 | 5 |
| 1944 | 2 | 2 |
| 1945 | 1 | 3 |
| 1946 | 1 | 3 |
| 1952 | 0 | 3 |
| 1953 | 0 | 3 |
| 1955 | 2 | 3 |
| 1956 | 2 | 4 |
| 1957 | 0 | 4 |
| 1958 | 1 | 3 |
| 1959 | 2 | 2 |
| 1960 | 0 | 2 |
| 1961 | 3 | 3 |
| 1962 | 2 | 2 |
| 1963 | 0 | 2 |
| 1964 | 3 | 4 |
| 1965 | 1 | 3 |
| 1968 | 2 | 3 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1 | 3 |
| 1976 | 0 | 3 |
| 1978 | 2 | 2 |
| 1980 | 0 | 3 |
| 1981 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 5 |
| 1983 | 1 | 4 |
| 1984 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | 4 | 4 |
| 1986 | 1 | 5 |
| 1987 | 1 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 9 |
| 1990 | 0 | 8 |
| 1991 | 1 | 4 |
| 1992 | 1 | 5 |
| 1993 | 1 | 7 |
| 1994 | 3 | 9 |
| 1995 | 0 | 5 |
| 1996 | 2 | 9 |
| 1997 | 3 | 8 |
| 1998 | 3 | 6 |
| 1999 | 2 | 14 |
| 2000 | 1 | 18 |
| 2001 | 2 | 17 |
| 2002 | 3 | 15 |
| 2003 | 1 | 10 |
| 2004 | 1 | 16 |
| 2005 | 4 | 18 |
| 2006 | 2 | 14 |
| 2007 | 1 | 13 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| This title (2000) | 0 | 1 |
● This title (2000): advocacy 0 · explore Romance →
Cast & Crew
Virginie Wagon (director) · Jean-Marc Fabre (director)
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