A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.
Acting
Huppert's deadpan nun energy is untouchable.
Writing
Dialogue so stiff it loops back to poetry.
Direction
Hartley's geometric blocking is instantly recognizable.
Director
Hal Hartley
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle
Martin Donovan
Thomas Ludens
Elina Löwensohn
Sofia Ludens
Damian Young
Edward, Jaque's Accountant
Chuck Montgomery
Jan, Jaque's Goon
Pamela Stewart
Officer Patsy Melville
Erica Gimpel
Irate Woman
Terry Alexander
Frank, the Cook
Holt McCallany
Usher
Michael Imperioli
Doorman at Club
Angel Caban
Detective
Emmanuel Xuereb
Bartender
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hartley's 'Long Island trilogy' defined 90s American indie cinema's deadpan existentialism, influencing everything from Wes Anderson to the Safdie brothers.
Isabelle Huppert learned her English phonetically for this role, which explains her alien cadence—Hartley kept it because it matched his artificial dialogue style perfectly.
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