A woman on the brink of middle age becomes bored and takes up playing cards. She becomes hooked on gambling and begins to neglect her husband and children.
Acting
Lea Massari's devastating spiral from bored housewife to gambling addict.
Direction
Weinberg's unflinching gaze at feminine discontent.
Director
Rachel Weinberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the rare 1980s French films directed by a woman, exploring female desire through economics rather than romance.
Rachel Weinberg never directed again after this, making it a fascinating one-and-done feminist time capsule.
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