Directed by:
Fanny ArdantScreenplay:
Fanny ArdantCinematography:
André SzankowskiComposer:
Jean-Michel BernardCast:
Asia Argento, Nuno Lopes, Franco Nero, Gérard Depardieu, Tudor Istodor, Ricardo Pereira, Mika, Marcello Urgeghe, Laura Soveral, André Gomes, Philippe Leroux (more)Plots(1)
Architect Furio is offered an attractive commission: to turn an old mansion into a hotel. His devotion to his work affects his relationship with his wife, who gave up her career as a successful cellist for his sake and now feels abandoned. The passionate and explosive Margo shares traits with the women Fanny Ardant has portrayed on numerous occasions over the course of her career. She entrusted the role of Margo to the physically- similar Asia Argento, giving the part the vulnerability (bordering on hysteria) of women who blindly surrender to their men: such women are prepared to sacrifice everything for love, and then despise themselves for being so weak. The atmosphere of the individual scenes, progressing from exalted drama to scathing irony, can scarcely be gauged in terms of realism. Everything is here shifted beyond reality: the bizarre setting of the unfinished building with its windswept rooms, the music, occasionally the unsettling, stifling interiors, the theatrical gestures of the characters – everything is subordinate to the rhythm the screenwriter and director adopted for this, her third film. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Asia Argento
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Queen Margot (1994)
B. Monkey (1998)
Nuno Lopes
Portugal
Best movies:
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Operação Outono (2012)
Joaquim (2017)
Franco Nero
Italy
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
Tudor Istodor
Best movies:
The Paper Will Be Blue (2006)
Weekend with My Mother (2009)
Ashes and Blood (2009)
Ricardo Pereira
Portugal
Best movies:
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
100 Meters (2016)
Nadine (2007)
Mika
Lebanon
Best movies:
Obsessive Rhythms (2013)
Zoolander No. 2 (2016)
Marcello Urgeghe
Best movies:
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
The Portuguese Woman (2018)
Laura Soveral
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Lourdes: A Story of Faith, Science and Miracles (2000) (TV movie)
Tabu (2012)
André Gomes
Portugal
Best movies:
Lourdes: A Story of Faith, Science and Miracles (2000) (TV movie)
City of Pirates (1983)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
Philippe Leroux
Best movies:
Obsessive Rhythms (2013)
Der Lissabon-Krimi (2018) (series)
Johan Leysen
Belgium
Best movies:
Swing Kids (1993)
Train of Life (1998)
Queen Margot (1994)
Miguel Monteiro
Portugal
Best movies:
Je m'appelle Bernadette (2011)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
The Promise (2016)
Iris Cayatte
Best movies:
According to Pereira (1996)
Nine (2009)
Obsessive Rhythms (2013)