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Abuse of Weakness

Original title: Abus de faiblesse
  • 20132013
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 45m
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5.9/10
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Isabelle Huppert and Kool Shen in Abuse of Weakness (2013)
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A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.
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    • Catherine Breillat
    • Catherine Breillat
  • Stars
    • Isabelle Huppert
    • Kool Shen
    • Laurence Ursino
    • Catherine Breillat
    • Catherine Breillat
  • Stars
    • Isabelle Huppert
    • Kool Shen
    • Laurence Ursino
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    • 3User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
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    Isabelle Huppert
    Isabelle Huppert
    • Maud
    Kool Shen
    • Vilko
    Laurence Ursino
    Laurence Ursino
    • Andy
    Christophe Sermet
    • Ezzé
    Ronald Leclercq
    • Gino
    Fred Lebelge
    • Présentateur TV
    Tristan Schotte
    • Antoine
    Daphné Baiwir
    Daphné Baiwir
    • Hortense
    • (as Daphné Baïwir)
    Dimitri Tomsej
    • Louis
    Nicolas Steil
    • Père de Louis
    Jean-François Lepetit
    • Jean-Paul
    Marc De Bodin De Galembert
    • Avocat
    Patrick Van Ackere
    • Kiné
    François Stockmans
    • Professeur
    Valérie Chavet
    • Orthophoniste
    Ismaël Villar Bonilla
    • Ambulancier
    Valérie Azura
    • Attachée de presse
    Axelle Beerens
    • Orthopédiste
      • Catherine Breillat
      • Catherine Breillat
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      Catherine Breillat: plays a woman in physical therapy who Maud passes by in her wheelchair.
    • Quotes

      Maud Shainberg: Please. What I'd like is to laugh. Because I love to laugh... and now... I can't laugh any more.

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      References La nuit sacrée (1993)

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    7/10
    A most uncomfortable watch
    This was always going to be a problem for me. Not because it was a movie directed by Catherine Breillat and likely to be provocative and thought provoking and most certainly not because the star was Isabelle Huppert. My problem stems from the nature of the con man. And not even a problem with his actions but with those of the conned. Very few poor people get conned, what is the point? No, it is the rich, those with substantial monies. And a sense of greed. So, this film being based upon the real and terrible tale of Breillat falling for this crook and proceeding to passover hundreds of thousands is not for me a happy watch. it is well done and worth seeing if only for the most fantastic and convincing performance of Huppert. She is always good but here playing the besotted and paralysed 'unfortunate' who gets completely rolled over as she ignores friends and family, she is sensational. A most uncomfortable watch.
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    • christopher-underwood
    • Sep 5, 2019

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      • February 12, 2014 (France)
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Germany
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      • Pont des Hospices, Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium
    • Production companies
      • Flach Film
      • Iris Films
      • Iris Productions Deutschland
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby SR

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