

A bourgeois housewife, planning to go back to work as a physiotherapist after having devoted 20 years to her husband and two children, has her comfortable, elegant life turned upside down when she falls for a Spanish builder and begins a runaway affair.
Acting
KST's trembling restraint exploding into unhinged abandon.
Direction
Corsini captures desire without sanitizing its mess.
Cinematography
Sun-drenched Provence as beautiful prison, then escape.

Director
Catherine Corsini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kristin Scott Thomas learned Spanish specifically for this role, insisting on doing her own scenes with Sergi López without subtitles in her head.
Corsini cited Brief Encounter as influence but wanted to strip away the British restraint—this is what happens when Laura actually runs away with Alec, consequences and all.