Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Vincent Gallo | ... | Shane Brown | |
Tricia Vessey | ... | June Brown | |
Béatrice Dalle | ... | Coré | |
Alex Descas | ... | Léo | |
Florence Loiret Caille | ... | Christelle (as Florence Loiret-Caille) | |
Nicolas Duvauchelle | ... | Erwan | |
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Raphaël Neal | ... | Ludo |
José Garcia | ... | Choart | |
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Hélène Lapiower | ... | Malécot |
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Marilu Marini | ... | Friessen |
Aurore Clément | ... | Jeanne | |
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Bakary Sangaré | ... | Le Gardien de nuit |
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Lionel Goldstein | ... | Le Réceptioniste |
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Céline Samie | ... | La Femme de la brasserie |
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Arnaud Churin | ... | Le Routier |
Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together, a life complicated by Shane's mysterious and frequent visits to a medical clinic where cutting edge studies of the human libido are undertaken. When Shane seeks out a self-exiled expert in the field, he happens upon the doctor's wife, another victim of the same malady. She has become so dangerous and emotionally paralyzed by the condition that her husband imprisons her by day in their home. It is Shane's chance encounter with this woman that triggers an event so cataclysmic and shocking it might just lead him to rediscover the tranquility he seeks to restore for himself and his new bride.
Although there are a few scenes that are very, very striking (the gore and the sexuality), the movie just left me wondering "what was this all about?". There are no explanations for any of the events that take place and we never get any insight into the characters. It was as if I was observing a couple of very disturbed people but I was not allowed to ask questions and no information is available. I was disappointed.