A businessman convicted of a white-collar crime becomes a changed person upon his release from prison.
Acting
Luchini's trembling restraint — every blink is a confession.
Direction
Jacquot lets silences scream louder than dialogue.
Director
Benoît Jacquot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jacquot filmed this during his prolific 1999 run, capturing a specific French bourgeois anxiety about scandal and reputation that feels almost pre-internet in its containment.
Luchini and Huppert had already played troubled couples twice before; their loaded silences here carry years of cinematic history.
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