Trapped in his own body, a fallen tycoon discovers love is the cruelest prison of all.
At fifty, René Maugras has lost everything. This wealthy press boss fell into a coma and was rushed to hospital. He has since emerged from his worrying state of health but remains unable to move and communicate. He must also begin rehabilitation, which turns out to be particularly humiliating. Fortunately for him there is Blanche, his nurse, who surrounds him with affection. Blanche takes her case to heart.
Acting
Michel Bouquet's entire performance through his eyes alone.
Direction
Grospierre turns a hospital room into psychological horror.
Director
Louis Grospierre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Claude Jade was Truffaut's muse; her casting here subverts that ethereal image into something more unsettlingly earthbound.
Michel Bouquet prepared by spending weeks observing stroke patients, refusing to move his body even off-camera.
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