On the surface, all is calm.
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
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Character
Intimate, contemporary, grave and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Charlotte RamplingSarah Morton
- Ludivine SagnierJulie
- Charles DanceJohn Bosload
- Marc FayolleMarcel
- Jean-Marie LamourFranck
- Mireille MosséMarcel's Daughter
- Michel FauFirst Man
- Jean-Claude LecasSecond Man
- Émilie Gavois-KahnWaitress at Cafe
- Erarde ForestaliOld Man
Crew
- François OzonDirector
- François OzonScreenplay
- Emmanuèle BernheimWriter
- Yorick Le SauxDirector of Photography
- Philippe RombiOriginal Music Composer
- Monica ColemanEditor
- Olivier DelboscProducer
- Marc MissonnierProducer
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Pairings
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