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| Juliette Binoche | ... | Anne | |
| Anaïs Demoustier | ... | Charlotte | |
| Joanna Kulig | ... | Alicja | |
| Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | ... | Patrick | |
| Krystyna Janda | ... | La mère d'Anne | |
| Andrzej Chyra | ... | Le client sadique | |
| Ali Marhyar | ... | Saïd | |
| Jean-Marie Binoche | ... | Le père d'Anne | |
| François Civil | ... | Florent | |
| Pablo Beugnet | ... | Stéphane | |
| Valérie Dréville | ... | La mère de Charlotte | |
| Jean-Louis Coulloc'h | ... | Le père de Charlotte | |
| Arthur Moncla | ... | Thomas | |
| Scali Delpeyrat | ... | Charles | |
| Laurence Ragon | ... | Colette | |
| Alain Libolt | ... | Le mari de Colette | |
| Swann Arlaud | ... | Le jeune client | |
| Nicolas Layani | ... | Le client guitare | |
| Laurent Jumeaucourt | ... | Le client grain de beauté | |
| José Fumanal | ... | Le client qui pleure | |
| Martine Vandeville | ... | La secrétaire université | |
| Jenny Bellay | ... | La voisine retraitée | |
| Tom Hénin | ... | L'ami de Florent | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Anaïs Fabre | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Mateusz Kosciukiewicz | ... | (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Malgorzata Szumowska | (as Malgoska Szumowska) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Tine Byrckel | written by | |
| Malgorzata Szumowska | written by (as Malgoska Szumowska) | |
Produced by | |||
| Daniel Blum | .... | co-producer | |
| Bettina Brokemper | .... | co-producer | |
| Reinhold Elschot | .... | co-producer | |
| Peter Garde | .... | co-producer | |
| Olivier Guerbois | .... | line producer | |
| Peter Aalbæk Jensen | .... | co-producer | |
| Agnieszka Kurzydlo | .... | co-producer | |
| Johannes Rexin | .... | line producer | |
| Beata Ryczkowska | .... | co-producer | |
| Marianne Slot | .... | producer | |
| Malgorzata Szumowska | .... | co-producer (as Malgoska Szumowska) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Pawel Mykietyn | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Michal Englert | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jacek Drosio | |||
| Françoise Tourmen | |||
Casting by | |||
| Aurélie Guichard | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Pauline Bourdon | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Katarzyna Lewinska | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Cédric Gérard | .... | makeup artist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Nicolas Cambois | .... | first assistant director | |
| Jean-Christophe Garcia | .... | trainee assistant director | |
| Boris Vassallo | .... | third assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Stephanie Laurent Delarue | .... | first assistant art director | |
| Jonathan Israel | .... | ripper | |
| Martin Tronquart | .... | property master | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ivan Dumas | .... | boom operator | |
| Matthias Lempert | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| André Rigaut | .... | sound mixer | |
Casting Department | |||
| Mathilde Snodgrass | .... | casting assistant | |
| Boris Vassallo | .... | extras casting | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Olivia Lahougue | .... | costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Xavier Sirven | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Rüdiger Jordan | .... | location scout: Germany | |
| Antje Krumm | .... | production press | |
Thanks | |||
| Christina Bentlage | .... | thanks | |
| Petra Müller | .... | thanks | |
| Arthur Simonini | .... | thanks | |
| Jeremy Zall | .... | special thanks | |
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Although directed and co-written by a Polish woman (Malgorzata Szumowska), this French-language film has so many of the ingredients that we associate with Gallic art house movies: it is slow and ponderous, the narrative is fractured, there is smoking, drinking, and eating, there is sex but much of it is sordid or sad or sadistic, there are scenes which are simply inexplicable, and the conclusion is utterly unresolved and even senseless.
Juliette Binoche plays Anne, a journalist with "Elle" researching an article on how students fund their education through prostitution. Apparently she only interviews - repeatedly - two students: the French girl Charlotte (Anaïs Demoustier) and the Polish girl Alicja (Joanna Kulig). Neither hooker seems as unsettled by the lifestyle she has chosen as Anne appears unbalanced by the interviews. It is all rather disjointed and unsatisfactory and the only reason for seeing the film is the wonderful work of the ever-impressive Binoche.