A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.
Direction
Brisseau's meta-commentary on his own controversies.
Writing
Blurs autobiography, fantasy, and self-critique.
Director
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brisseau was convicted of sexual harassment of actresses in 2005, making this film's self-reflexive plot deeply uncomfortable autobiography.
Part of a weird French tradition of directors using cinema to process their own scandals—see also #MeToo-era reckonings in later French cinema.
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