Directed by:
François OzonScreenplay:
François OzonCinematography:
Manuel DacosseComposer:
Philippe RombiCast:
Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset, Myriam Boyer, Dominique Reymond, Fanny Sage, Jean-Édouard Bodziak, Jean-Paul MuelPlots(1)
If you like your thrillers psycho and sexual, offering more than a dose of Hitchcock and De Palma, François Ozon’s 17th film is tailor-made for you. Ozon started out his career with a series of dark and thrilling sexual fantasies. He returns to that terrain here, albeit with an added session of Freudian psychotherapy. Chloé (Marine Vacth) experiences stomach aches that her doctor feels are more psychological than physical, so he gives her the number of a therapist. She ends up in a relationship with the therapist, Paul, But after they move in together, Chloé sees Paul in a part of town that’s nowhere near his practice. But is it Paul? Ozon’s camera explores the outer limits of his subject’s fragile psyche, as well as going places that might make some blush. In doing so, he has fun playing with our perception of reality, whilst offering up a steamy but knowing take on the sex thriller. (Curzon Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Marine Vacth
France
Best movies:
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Black Box (2021)
Young & Beautiful (2013)
Jérémie Renier
Belgium
Best movies:
A Love to Hide (2005) (TV movie)
Atonement (2007)
In Bruges (2008)
Jacqueline Bisset
UK
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Day for Night (1973)
New Year's Day (2000)
Myriam Boyer
France
Best movies:
Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Dominique Reymond
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Devils (2002)
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
The Birth of Love (1993)
Fanny Sage
Best movies:
Double Lover (2017)
Jean-Édouard Bodziak
Best movies:
Headwinds (2011)
Double Lover (2017)
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Jean-Paul Muel
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
The Visitors (1993)
Bolero (1981)