Ève and Henri are among the happy few of the French community in Vienna. They are “la crème de la crème”. The perfect picture crumbles when Ève discovers that Henri is cheating on her. On an impulse, she finds revenge with Jonas, a perfect young Austrian guy. But he’s not who she thought he was. This will lead them to an irreversible spiral.
Acting
Karin Viard's brittle elegance masking volcanic rage
Cinematography
Vienna's gilded cages shot like beautiful traps
Writing
Economic dialogue that trusts silence to wound
Director
Marc Fitoussi
Lucas Englander
Jonas
Karin Viard
Eve
Pascale Arbillot
Clémence
Benjamin Biolay
Henry
Laetitia Dosch
Tina
Michael Edlinger
Lieutenant Lechsmann
Martin Bermoser
Werner
Evelyne Buyle
Madame Belin
Philippe Dusseau
Bertrand
Louise Coldefy
Journalist
Xavier de Guillebon
Thibault
Raphaëlle Lubansu
Servane
Martine Schambacher
Claudine
Alexandra Schmidt
Esthetician
Kerim Waller
Bartender Why Not
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fitoussi continues his exploration of French bourgeois anxiety, following similar class tensions in his 2015 film 'La Folle Histoire de Max et Léon'.
The title's double meaning—social appearances versus spectral hauntings—hints that Jonas functions as Ève's repressed desires made flesh.
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