Suzanna Andler

Suzanna Andler (Charlotte Gainsbourg) visits a spacious villa on the French Riviera. She wants to rent it for the summer, but has doubts. And not just about the house. Forty-year-old Suzanna is at a crossroads in life. Married to a millionaire who has been cheating on her for years, she has recently taken a lover herself and has arranged to meet him here. Her children have stayed in Paris, and her husband is elsewhere – she doesn’t know where. Suzanna and her lover have a decision to make about their future. How long can she keep up the lying? With Suzanna Andler, director Benoît Jacquot has created an effective adaptation of a play by his mentor Marguerite Duras. In the film as in the play, the number of roles and locations is limited: set in the 1960s, all action takes place in and around the villa. Above all, it is an emotional tour de force by Gainsbourg, appropriately dressed in an YSL mini-skirt and almost constantly in view, and Niels Schneider in the role of Suzanna's lover. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)