L’AMANT DOUBLE (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Marine Vacth (Young & Beautiful), Jérémie Renier (My Way), Jacqueline Bisset (Day for Night), Myriam Boyer (T’aime), Dominique Reymond (Summer Hours), Fanny Sage (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

François Ozon (In The House), director, writer; Eric Altmayer (Jeune & Jolie) and Nicolas Altmayer (Saint Laurent), producers; Philippe Rombi (War of the Buttons), composer; Manuel Dacosse (The Lady in the Car with Glasses and A Gun), cinematographer; Laure Gardette (Frantz), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Chloé (Vacth), a vulnerable young Parisian woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst Paul (Renier), but months later, when she moves in with him, she discovers that he has been concealing only part of his true identity…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker François Ozon’s erotic thriller is set for camp classic status, at least according to early buzz that this is a racy and highly dramatic ride that’s not afraid to be titillating every now and then.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 1ST JUNE 2018

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