Constance, a 40-years-old real estate agent, gets fired from her job. With no options left, she contacts her former boss, from the small agency where she started her career. To her surprise, he is hiring, but explains he may have already found someone. Constance is convinced she will get the job because of her experience and extensive qualifications. But when Audrey, a younger and prettier woman, is hired instead, it proves too much for Constance to take.
Acting
Marina Foïs's micro-expressions that betray everything her smile hides
Direction
Marnier's sterile compositions that make bourgeois life feel weaponized
Production
The house itself as character—every beige surface threatens
Director
Sébastien Marnier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marina Foïs prepared by studying videos of corporate women practicing 'resting pleasant face' in mirrors.
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