A lying cheater, his clueless wife, and the mistress who walks into her office—what could go wrong?
Marc, who works for a soundproofing company, and Sylvie, who runs a temp agency, have been married for several years. Still in love with his wife, Marc nevertheless cheats on her with Vanessa, a 25-year-old woman, telling her that his wife is dying. One day, Vanessa, who is looking for a job, happens to walk into Sylvie's temp agency.
Acting
Corinne Touzet's slow-burn realization steals every scene she's in.
Writing
The cringe-worthy lies pile up with almost theatrical inevitability.
Director
Alain Tasma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Alain Tasma's theatrical debut after years in French television, explaining the controlled, almost televisual pacing.
The film satirizes 1990s French bourgeois marriage—affairs as routine, temp agencies as class collision zones, and soundproofing as ironic metaphor for emotional deafness.
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