A rehearsal becomes revelation when two girls play lovers and the line blurs forever.
Two teenage girls are rehearsing a scene from a play by Marivaux, a love scene, and from the first seconds, we know who will be the heroine, who will be Charlotte, the one who will, to summarize brutally, discover her homosexuality.
Acting
Charretier's trembling restraint says everything.
Direction
Huppert lets silences scream.
Writing
Play-within-film structure is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Caroline Huppert
Eloïse Charretier
Charlotte / Charlie
Amandine Dewasmes
Babou
Geneviève Mnich
The mother
Jacques Mathou
The father
Sophie Broustal
Vévé
Marc Citti
Arnaud
Brigitte Catillon
Mireille
Philippe Volter
Serge
Alexis Pivot
Nicky
Vanessa Wagner
Béa
Morgan Perez
Pierrick
Frédéric Mangenot
Olivier
Patricia Legrand
The nurse
Charlotte Valandrey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Caroline Huppert is Isabelle Huppert's sister—acting dynasty energy runs deep.
This 1995 gem predates the New French Extremity wave but shares its unflinching gaze at female desire.
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