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Retour à la vie (1999)
Directed by Pascal Baeumler
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Emmanuelle Laborit | Marisa Berenson | Marius Colucci | Richard Bohringer | Alain Bashung | Sophie Forte | Eric Blanc | Julia Portoghese | Agnès Guessab | Fabrice Bagni | Jean-Claude Lagniez | Jérôme Horry | Mathias Glikmans | Michel Carliez | Yuri Buenaventura | Patricia Gautier | Olivier Riquelme