A chamber drama exploring the tension between marital contract, possessive love, and bourgeois social performance.
Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.
Patrice Chéreau
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