Independent Parisian doctor Annie finds herself in an emotional tangle when she tries to help single-minded HIV-positive patient Laurent and embarks on a brief affair with conceited actor Richard.
Acting
Jeanne Balibar's brittle, devastating restraint.
Direction
Ferreira Barbosa's clinical eye for emotional wounds.
Director
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1990s French cinema's obsession with AIDS narratives and emotional isolation, rarely seen outside festival circuits.
Laurent Lucas broke through here before becoming a Haneke regular — his hollow intensity was already fully formed.
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