Anna, a somewhat introverted woman, becomes obsessed with the orthopedic surgeon who helped with her recuperation following a car accident. Incorrectly believing the love to be reciprocated, she embarks on several attempts to try and stay in touch with him but, after several rejections, finds herself descending into despair and, ultimately, hatred.
Acting
Isabelle Carré's trembling, terrifying descent into delusion.
Direction
Spinosa keeps you trapped in Anna's claustrophobic perspective.
Writing
The banality of obsession—no glamour, just raw need.
Director
Michel Spinosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a real 1990s French case of erotomania, where a patient stalked her surgeon for years.
Isabelle Carré refused to shower for days to capture Anna's deteriorating physical state.
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