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Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an affair with her coquettish younger sister, Victorine. Elise suffers, usually in silence. She listens to her husband rave; she asks her priest; she breaks picture frames; she weeps. She decides on a strategy to keep him. Will she succeed?
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Frédéric FonteyneDirector
- Philippe BlasbandWriter
- Marion HänselWriter
- Frédéric FonteyneWriter
Cast
- Emmanuelle DevosElisa
- Clovis CornillacGilles
- Laura SmetVictorine
- Dean ConstantinDancer Valse / Tango / Java.
- Colette EmmanuelleLa mère d'Élisa
- Gil LagayLe père d'Élisa
- Alice VerlindenLa jumelle #1
- Chloé VerlindenLa jumelle #2
- Yoann BlancL'homme à la cigarette
- Philippe JeusetteL'ouvrier moqueur
- Benjamin RamonLe jeune danseur
- Jean-François WolffLe patron du café
Stills
Themes
factory workeradulteryinfidelityjealousyhusband wife relationshipcountrysidelove trianglesuicide attemptbetrayalextramarital affair1930ssister sister relationship