Romance
A stark and unflinching drama explores female desire and the complexities of intimacy through the experiences of a schoolteacher grappling with profound emotional disconnection. The film eschews conventional romantic tropes, charting a course through a series of deliberately unsettling encounters as she seeks a physical and emotional awakening, confronting societal constraints and internal conflicts surrounding sexuality. Unlike typical explorations of infidelity, this narrative focuses less on betrayal and more on a desperate, even brutal, search for genuine connection—a quest complicated by unintended consequences and societal judgment. It's a challenging and provocative work less concerned with traditional narrative satisfaction than with a raw, uncompromising portrait of a woman navigating her own agency and yearning in a restrictive landscape.
Rolprentbesonderhede
- Regisseur
- Catherine Breillat
- Vrystellingsdatum
- 1999-04-14
- Looptyd
- 99 min
- Gradering
- 5.5 / 10 (309)
Rolverdeling
- Caroline Ducey
- Sagamore Stévenin
- François Berléand
- Rocco Siffredi
- Reza Habouhossein
