Keep It for Yourself

Keep It for Yourself is a 1991 black-and-white short drama film written and directed by Claire Denis.

Keep It for Yourself
Directed by	Claire Denis
Written by	Claire Denis
Produced by	Philippe Carcassonne Ted Hope
Starring	Sophie Simon Sarina Chan Michael James
Cinematography	Agnès Godard
Edited by	Dominique Auvray
Music by	John Lurie
Production companies	Allarts Good Machine
Running time	40 minutes
Countries	United States France Netherlands
Language	English

Plot

Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of meeting up with a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the man's apartment, and she discovers that he left town because he was scared stiff at the idea of seeing her.

Cast

• Sophie Simon
• Sarina Chan
• Michael James
• E. J. Rodriguez
• Jim Stark
• James Schamus
• Michael Stun
• Sara Driver
• Vincent Gallo

Notes

• The French director Claire Denis hired Vincent Gallo to act in several films, such as Keep It for Yourself, the made-for-TV U.S. Go Home, and its follow-up feature Nénette et Boni (1996).
• Claire Denis preferred black faces in her movies at first.^{[citation needed]} "Vincent Gallo is an old face for me - the first time I shot him was 10 years ago in a short I made in New York called Keep it for Yourself".^[1]