A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.
Acting
Rachida Brakni's ferocious, wounded performance steals every scene.
Writing
Serreau's script weaponizes bourgeois politeness into slow-burn tension.
Director
Coline Serreau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Serreau originally conceived this as pure comedy but rewrote after researching Parisian sex workers' lives. The tonal whiplash is intentional.
Released months after 9/11, its portrait of French class fracture hit differently — audiences either embraced its messiness or rejected its moral ambiguity entirely.
FR
