A story that mixes fantasy, philosophy and everyday reality. The problem with Antoine Martin is that he only exists one day out of two. And it is from this circumstance so personal that he meets Clémentine, a girl who lives full time. All this will only deepen his anguish.
Direction
Fitoussi's patient, unshowy handling of impossible premise
Acting
Chappey and Baert's heartbreaking chemistry across temporal divide
Writing
Philosophical dialogue that actually feels like real conversations
Director
Jean-Charles Fitoussi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of early 2000s French 'fantastique social' films that used supernatural premises to explore working-class alienation and emotional isolation.
The film's title deliberately echoes Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Woman Destroyed,' suggesting Antoine's condition as a metaphor for how modern existence fragments identity and connection.
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