On a whim, the long-married Hélène decides to look up a former lover of hers. At his apartment, she is met by the man's grown son, Julien, who tells her that his father died just a few days before. Before long, she has become Julien's lover, but she is also increasingly becoming attached to the rather unlikely idea that Julien and she are genetically related. Meanwhile, her cardiologist husband cannot fathom her increasingly bizarre behavior. It is one thing to have an affair, even with a much younger man, but she seems to be edging ever-closer to the borderline between sanity and madness.
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Danièle Dubroux
Hélène Arnaud
Also in
The School of Flesh
The Terrible Lovers
David Léotard
Julien Pietri
Known for
Black Tide
Maestro
André Dussollier
Alexandre Arnaud
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Tell No One
Jacques Nolot
Georges Birsky
Known for
Under the Sand
Wild Reeds
Manuela Gourary
Irène Michelet
Known for
Taxi
Marry Me, Dude
Marie-Christine Questerbert
Rachel
Known for
Last Tango in Paris
Linda de Nazelle
Deborah Osborn
No other roles listed
William Doherty
Craig Osborn
Known for
The Specialists
Michel Dautricourt
Le détective
No other roles listed
Mathieu Amalric
Uncredited (restaurant patron)
Known for
Quantum of Solace
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Danièle Dubroux Director · Jean-Marie Sénia Composer Fabio Conversi Cinematographer
First release March 25, 1992
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 25, 1992
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No release date listed for United States.
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