Jeanne Quester is a psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a radio station. She got a raw deal when she was a child.
Acting
Deneuve's brittle composure cracking like fine porcelain.
Direction
Rappeneau's sterile 80s interiors hiding rot beneath.
Director
Élisabeth Rappeneau
Catherine Deneuve
Jeanne Quester
André Dussollier
Frank Quester
Martin Lamotte
Simon Lieberman
Etienne Chicot
Roger
Daniel Rialet
Fred Bastin
Madeleine Marie
Ida Faber
Alain Stern
Mac Gregor
Martine Chevallier
Marie
Josiane Stoléru
Véronique, la dame de l'agence
René Bouloc
M. Chauveau
Humbert Balsan
Alexian
Alain Fromager
Le patient qui délire
Annie Mercier
Mme Fremont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rappeneau's directorial debut; she later became a prominent TV director in France. This was buried then resurrected by Deneuve completists.
The film explicitly critiques 1980s 'therapeutic culture' where personal trauma became public content—decades before Instagram.
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