In "La chute", Albert Camus wrote that the French has two passions: reading the newspaper and fornicating. Now the French have a third passion to pursue in between reading the newspaper and fornicating: seeing a psychoanalyst.
In fact, if one is a prostitute who is tired of being a prostitute, evidently she goes to a psychoanalyst. And if one is a psychoanalyst who is tired of being an psychoanalyst, evidently he goes to see a prostitute.
But what happens if the psychoanalyst can't help the prostitute? And what happens if the prostitute can't help the psychoanalyst? Where does one goes from there?
As a fan of Isabelle Huppert's for 28 years (since "Entre Nous"), I still find her acting engaging (even if she doesn't seem to be aging all that well) and I liked the plot twist at the end.
But the role of Xavier the psychoanalyst was weak. I mean really, what was *his* problem? Ah, but that's modern life. Every one has a problem...and the overpaid, overweight psychoanalyst's problem is just as serious...to him...as slender prostitute's (who could never be paid enough to compensate her for what she does) problem is to her.
Perhaps that's the point.
In fact, if one is a prostitute who is tired of being a prostitute, evidently she goes to a psychoanalyst. And if one is a psychoanalyst who is tired of being an psychoanalyst, evidently he goes to see a prostitute.
But what happens if the psychoanalyst can't help the prostitute? And what happens if the prostitute can't help the psychoanalyst? Where does one goes from there?
As a fan of Isabelle Huppert's for 28 years (since "Entre Nous"), I still find her acting engaging (even if she doesn't seem to be aging all that well) and I liked the plot twist at the end.
But the role of Xavier the psychoanalyst was weak. I mean really, what was *his* problem? Ah, but that's modern life. Every one has a problem...and the overpaid, overweight psychoanalyst's problem is just as serious...to him...as slender prostitute's (who could never be paid enough to compensate her for what she does) problem is to her.
Perhaps that's the point.