Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity. Read more …
François Ozon is an effective enough filmmaker to send up conventions of such films even as he seems to endorse them.
Sex, lies and psychoanalysis has never been more entertaining.
It’s the way Ozon keeps the film teetering on the brink of silliness without losing faith in the pulpy appeal of the story that makes this such a blast from its first frame to its shattering final shot.
François Ozon’s disorienting erotic thriller nods to Hitchcock and Cronenberg but becomes something uniquely his own.
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday June 8, 2018, until Thursday June 14, 2018. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
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