The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Ariane lives with Simon in his large Paris flat. Simon is obsessed with her: he wants to know everything about her, secretly follows her when she goes out, asks questions all the time, even in the most intimate moments. Ariane seems to take it all in stride, but Simon realises that she's hiding something.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
71 audience votes
Key crew
- Chantal AkermanDirector
- Chantal AkermanWriter
- Eric de KuyperWriter
Cast
- Sylvie TestudAriane
- Stanislas MerharSimon
- Olivia BonamyAndrée
- Liliane RovèreFrançoise, the maid
- Bérénice BejoSarah
- Aurore ClémentLéa, the actress
- Anna MouglalisIsabelle
- Xavier MorangePainter
- Françoise BertinThe grandmother
- Vanessa LarréHélène
- Samuel TasinajeLevy
- Jean BorodineThe chauffeur
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Themes
hotelfriendshipparis, francebased on novel or booklove triangleself-destructionsexualityobsessionparanoialoverlovememory