When a group of student actors travel to a workshop in Dordogne to put on a production of Shakespeare's As You Like It as a summer project, they are as lively and high-spirited a group as one could ask for. While they are there, the young man who has the leading role begins casting cow eyes at the director's wife (Valerie Stroh), and soon she and the boy are having an affair. By the end of the summer, the wife is sufficiently charmed to wonder how she could have gotten into this situation where she deeply loves both men.
Acting
Valérie Stroh's restrained, luminous performance carries the whole thing.
Cinematography
Dordogne looks so gorgeous you'll want to book a train ticket immediately.
Director
René Féret
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Vartan was 24 playing a student actor; this was early in his career before Alias made him famous stateside.
René Féret often cast his own family members—his daughter Marie plays Magali here, continuing his nepotistic but warmly regarded tradition.
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