Marc and Laurent, two worrying misfits, break into a large isolated property in the middle of the countryside. Marc discovers with amazement that the place belongs to his idol, the movie star Jessica Melrose, of whom he is crazy. After a strange night, in the morning, Jessica meets the two "explorers" who will make her live a day of waking nightmare .
Acting
Ardant's brittle glamour against Cluzet's sweaty desperation.
Direction
Glenn stretches tension until it snaps.
Director
Pierre-William Glenn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during France's 'cinéma du look' era, but rejects glossy style for grubby realism. Glenn was better known as a cinematographer (Truffaut's favorite) making this rare directorial outing.
Ardant reportedly did her own makeup deterioration throughout the shoot—no glam squad, just her looking increasingly wrecked.
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