Directed by:
Chantal AkermanCinematography:
Sabine LancelinCast:
Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy, Liliane Rovère, Françoise Bertin, Anna Mouglalis, Bérénice Bejo, Vanessa Larré, Elodie Marteau-Laurent (more)VOD (1)
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Handsome and hopelessly neurotic Simon (Stanislas Merhar) lives in a labyrinthine Parisian apartment with his ailing grandmother and Ariane (Sylvie Testud), the object of his unquenchable desire. Obsessed, Simon keeps Ariane as his willing captive; she tolerates his endless interrogations and surveillance but is able to maintain her own reserve of privacy and freedom. However, she leads a passionate double life with other women that magnifies Simon's pain and culminates in a devastating finale. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Stanislas Merhar
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Almayer's Folly (2011)
I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa (2001)
Sylvie Testud
France
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Beyond Silence (1996)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Olivia Bonamy
France
Best movies:
Read My Lips (2001)
The Last Deadly Mission (2008)
Paris (2008)
Liliane Rovère
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Buffet Froid (1979)
Françoise Bertin
France
Best movies:
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Same Old Song (1997)
Anna Mouglalis
France
Best movies:
Happening (2021)
Crime Novel (2005)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Bérénice Bejo
Argentina
Best movies:
The Artist (2011)
Funan (2018)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Vanessa Larré
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Ax (2005)
The Captive (2000)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Elodie Marteau-Laurent
Best movies:
The Captive (2000)
Christopher Gendreau
Best movies:
The Captive (2000)
Cassandre (2015) (series)
Sébastien Haddouk
Best movies:
The Captive (2000)
Dear Prudence (2010)
I'm Staying! (2003)