After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father and aimless brother Jonathan but refuses to get out of bed.
Acting
Romain Duris masters horizontal despair
Direction
Honoré balances bleakness with absurd tenderness
Cinematography
Paris as beautiful prison, never touristy
Director
Christophe Honoré
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Louis Garrel and director Christophe Honoré were frequent collaborators; this was their third film together in three years.
Part of mid-2000s 'new French extreme' movement that treated psychological damage with stylized intimacy rather than exploitation.
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