In Paris, a simple rejected gesture at a movie theater reveals growing cracks between Pierre and Anne. As they go about their daily lives, an unexplained distance threatens their relationship.
Acting
Huppert and Auteuil weaponize micro-expressions.
Direction
Vincent lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Christian Vincent
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vincent based the screenplay on his own collapsing marriage, shooting in chronological order so the actors' exhaustion mirrored their characters' fraying bond.
This launched a wave of 1990s French 'cinema of the couple' films—basically, an entire generation decided relationships were doomed and made art about it.
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