Handsome pediatric doctor feels unfulfilled, until his affection for a 12-year-old opens him to a romantic view of the world. When she falls ill, he must get closer to her, and a conflict of interests and ethics arise. His medical reputation is at stake.
Acting
Anglade commits to the uncommitable with disturbing conviction.
Direction
Arcady shoots 'romance' like a horror film—probably accidentally.
Director
Alexandre Arcady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This belongs to a deeply uncomfortable European arthouse tradition of 'age-gap romances' that critics too often defended as transgressive rather than abusive.
Anglade was coming off Betty Blue and La Femme Nikita—this role was apparently his 'prestige drama' phase. The 5.4 TMDB score is generous.
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