In 1982, Yann Andréa and Marguerite Duras have been living together for two years. She is almost 70 years old, while he is 38 years her junior. Andréa asks journalist and writer Michèle Manceaux to interview him about his life with Duras, an obsession that both impassions him and drives him mad. He believes by entrusting their story to Manceaux, he may gain more clarity of the relationship. What follows is an intense and compelling conversation delving into the deepest recesses of modern love.
Acting
Swann Arlaud's trembling vulnerability—he's unraveling in real time before us.
Direction
Claire Simon traps us in the room, making us complicit voyeurs.
Writing
Dialogue so razor-sharp it feels adapted from Duras herself. It isn't.
Director
Claire Simon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yann Andréa was Duras's real-life companion until her death; this film adapts his actual 1983 book. The meta-layer is almost cruel.
Duras's 1984 novel 'The Lover' had just made her globally famous—Yann lived in that shadow, literally and here cinematically.
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