The desperate wandering of three persons at bay. Gérard Maubuisson, a fifty-six-year-old firm manager, decides to close up shop and to leave his wife. Geneviève Maubuisson, his wife, goes round in circles in her apartment, at a loss for news from him. There is also Henri, a disillusioned surgeon, who sleeps with the wives of some of his patients and conducts illegal euthanasia...
Acting
Recoing's hollow-eyed surgeon reeks of practiced numbness.
Direction
Léonetti traps you in rooms these characters can't escape.
Director
Jean-Baptiste Léonetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Léonetti's thesis film at La Fémis, shot on minimal budget with TV actors he'd worked with as assistant director.
The title nods to a French expression for unreachable wilderness—ironic given everyone's trapped indoors.
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