

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.
Acting
Marlène Jobert's eyes do more acting than most careers.
Costume
Agnès's wardrobe alone deserves its own love story.
Cinematography
Paris has never looked more seductively destructive.

Director
François Leterrier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
François Leterrier was primarily an actor before this, his directorial debut—explaining the performative, actor-centric energy throughout.
This arrived at the tail end of 1970s French 'comédie érotique,' a genre where bourgeois wives discovered liberation through chaotic affairs—basically the era's response to women's rights without actually addressing women's rights.
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