Synopsis
Fashion executive Dominique's obsession for Quentin, a young bisexual hustler, fills her desire for physical love but leaves her taxed emotionally. Twists and turns in the relationship, along with the man's violent and abusive nature, force Dominique to reconcile the conflicts created by her passion. In this quest, Dominique is aided, and sometimes hindered, by friends, clients, and Quentin's former and current acquaintances.
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Cast
- Isabelle HuppertDominique
- Vincent MartinezQuentin
- Vincent LindonChris
- Marthe KellerMadame Thorpe
- François BerléandSoukaz
- Danièle DubrouxL'amie de Dominique
- Bernard Le CoqCordier
- Roxane MesquidaMarine
- Jean-Louis RichardM. Thorpe
- Jean-Claude DauphinLouis-Guy
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
A skillful blend of fire and ice that subtly conveys the emotional extremes fraught in the relationship. - 80
Chicago Reader
Subtly profound love story. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
I cannot imagine a Hollywood movie like this. Audiences would be baffled. - 75
ReelViews
This is a film to be enjoyed on a psychological level for its keen understanding of the contradictory impulses that drive sexual and social intercourse. - 70
The New York Times
Watching this handsomely filmed, deftly edited but rather dry movie, you keep imagining the juice that a director like Pedro Almodovar could have squeezed out of the same story. - 70
Village Voice
Predicated as it is on Huppert's pensive, provocative blankness, the action moves a bit slowly, although, as is often the case with Jacquot, events make more sense after the movie is over. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Predicated as it is on Huppert's pensive, provocative blankness, the action moves a bit slowly, although, as is often the case with Jacquot, events make more sense after the movie is over. Dares to provoke rather than titillate in its delineation of love's strange ways. As the French might say, “L'amour, l'amour, toujours l'amour.” - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Talky, emphatically unsteamy psychological drama.
