Directed by:
François OzonCinematography:
Jérôme AlmérasComposer:
Philippe RombiCast:
Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Bastien Ughetto, Denis Ménochet, Diana Stewart, Mehdi Meskar, Jana Bittnerová (more)Plots(1)
Offbeat French drama from director François Ozon that explores the relationship between a literature student and the talented pupil whose gift for description he attempts to nurture. Germain (Fabrice Luchini) usually despairs about the quality of the creative writing his pupils produce so when he receives a piece from the previously unremarkable student Claude (Ernst Umhauer) that displays promise he is moved to pledge assistance to the boy. Complicating matters somewhat is the fact that Claude writes about the household of a friend whose mother (Emmanuelle Seigner) he has a crush on and whose mundane lives amuse him. As Germain offers Claude advice on how to improve the dramatic tension within his submissions, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. A strange power game develops in which Claude and Germain manipulate the family on and off the page, but how will they react when fact and fiction finally collide? (Entertainment One)
(more)Cast
Fabrice Luchini
France
Best movies:
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
Full Moon in Paris (1984)
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)
Ernst Umhauer
France
Best movies:
In the House (2012)
The Monk (2011)
A Night Doctor (2020)
Kristin Scott Thomas
UK
Best movies:
Bitter Moon (1992)
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
The English Patient (1996)
Emmanuelle Seigner
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Bitter Moon (1992)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Bastien Ughetto
Best movies:
In the House (2012)
A Man of Action (2022)
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
Denis Ménochet
France
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Diana Stewart
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
In the House (2012)
It Boy (2013)
Mehdi Meskar
Italy
Best movies:
In the House (2012)
Crescendo - #Makemusicnotwar (2019)
Orphan (2016)
Jana Bittnerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
In the House (2012)
Les Côtelettes (2003)
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Catherine Davenier
Best movies:
Mise à nu (2021) (TV movie)
In the House (2012)
Au Nom De Ma Fille (2016)
Vincent Schmitt
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Ronin (1998)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)