The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Feckless aspiring architect Stéphane leaves his pregnant girlfriend for theater designer Sabine; Sabine in turn vainly attempts to overcome her violent obsession with an actor in her theater company. A game of emotional chutes and ladders ensues.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Olivier AssayasDirector
- Olivier AssayasWriter
- Jorge ArriagadaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Clotilde de BayserSabine, Stéphane's live-in-girlfriend
- Michel FellerStephane
- Marie MatheronNatalia, Stéphane's ex-girlfriend
- Gérard BlainStephane's father
- Anouk GrinbergStephane's sister
- Nathalie RichardLeni
- Jean-Philippe ÉcoffeyBruno, Natalia's ex-boyfriend
- Vincent VallierJean-Marie
- Pierrick MescamAdministrateur du théâtre
- Virginie ThévenetMaryse
- Myriam DavidMarie
- Inês de MedeirosSœur de Leni
Stills
Themes
relationship problemsfatherhood