French Neurosurgeon Paul (Auteil) and his English wife Lucia (Scott Thomas) have a chilly marriage going. Lucia keeps complaining she is not fulfilled, she's bored as if it is all Paul's fault. Their son is grown with a child of his own. Everything appears stilted, strained. It is difficult to engage with them, their lives are so bourgeoisie and privileged.
There's a café close to Paul's office where a young Algerian server - another Lou (Bekthi) - tells him he operated on her as a young girl which he denies as it's not his field of surgery.
That's the set up. Paul starts to stalk her, finds out she's a prostitute and a liar.
I imagine the deeper meaning is that he is hunting for his past but it is all a terrible muddle in the end. The script falls apart in the police station as it pushes the disbelief metre several feet off the ground.
Don't waste your time even though the leads give it their almighty best. It just never gelled for me.
4 out of 10.
There's a café close to Paul's office where a young Algerian server - another Lou (Bekthi) - tells him he operated on her as a young girl which he denies as it's not his field of surgery.
That's the set up. Paul starts to stalk her, finds out she's a prostitute and a liar.
I imagine the deeper meaning is that he is hunting for his past but it is all a terrible muddle in the end. The script falls apart in the police station as it pushes the disbelief metre several feet off the ground.
Don't waste your time even though the leads give it their almighty best. It just never gelled for me.
4 out of 10.