2000

1h 58m

5.6(63 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A handsome, idle, and hopeless neurotic lives in a labyrinthine, half-renovated Paris flat with his ailing grandmother, a faithful family servant, and Ariane Rey, his willing captive, the object of his obsessive jealousy and unquenchable desire.

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Cast & Crew

26 members

Acting

Sylvie Testud

Ariane

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Stanislas Merhar

Simon

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Olivia Bonamy

Andrée

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Liliane Rovère

Françoise, the maid

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Bérénice Bejo

Sarah

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Aurore Clément

Léa, the actress

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Anna Mouglalis

Isabelle

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Xavier Morange

Painter

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Françoise Bertin

The grandmother

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Vanessa Larré

Hélène

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Directing

Samuel Tasinaje

Levy

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Jean Borodine

The chauffeur

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Adeline Chaudron

Prostitute

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Sophie Assante

The singing woman

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Christophe Gendreau

Bellboy

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Sébastien Haddouk

Painter

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Stanislas Januskiewicz

Matre d'hotel

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Laurence Guillet

Receptionist

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Pascal Erizabal

Hotel porter

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Claude Hermann

Voice on radio

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Caroline Roucoules

Young girl

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Writing

Gersende Dufromentel

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Elodie Marteau-Laurent

Young girl

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Karine Demilo

Young girl

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Pia Vuorinen

Young girl

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Anne-Sophie Morillon

Young girl

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