Rodolphe Pauly

When asked by Chabrol if she wanted to play a pervert, Huppert, true to form, enthusiastically said “Yes!” So came about this benignly-titled character study that leaves an acidic aftertaste. Underneath the smooth veneer of chic interiors and bourgeois civility, dark impulses quietly congeal.

Nine years after their romantic night together in Vienna, Jesse and Celine reunite in Paris for another brief but life-changing encounter.