Retour à la vie

Oct 25, 1999

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

Louise, a young deaf and dumb comedian, has just been named best actress of the year. She is married to Yann, twenty years her senior. But their relationship is conflicting. It seems that Yann takes a malicious pleasure in psychologically torturing Louise. A whirlwind of uncertainties where dreams collide with nightmares, anguish, submission, sadism... Louise confides in Stephanie, her best friend, who advises her to flee. Louise refuses, convinced of a better future. One evening, while Yann tortures her once again, she kills him.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Impact CVI

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Cast

Louise

Emmanuelle Laborit

Stéphanie

Marisa Berenson

Le jeune policier

Marius Colucci

Le coursier

Richard Bohringer

Yann

Alain Bashung

Corinne

Sophie Forte

Le coursier

Eric Blanc

Louise enfant

Julia Portoghese

Salsa dancer

Agnès Guessab

Le flic au téléphone

Fabrice Bagni

Lee chauffeur mécontent

Jean-Claude Lagniez

L'interprète

Jérôme Horry

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