Directed by:
Samantha LangScreenplay:
Gérard BrachCinematography:
Benoît DelhommeComposer:
Gabriel YaredCast:
Leelee Sobieski, James Hong, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Jalil Lespert, Liliane Rovère, Esse Lawson, Jany Gastaldi, Liliane Montevecchi, Rémy RoubakhaPlots(1)
Sarah moves into an apartment that had been unoccupied for quite some time and begins tormenting her neighbors with frequent sessions of rambunctious lovemaking with her lover Phillippe. Directly across the hall from Sarah's apartment lives an elderly Chinese man named Zao, whom Sarah recognizes as a kindred soul and possible confidant. After inviting the old man into her apartment, she boldly opens her soul to him and reveals her intentions of committing suicide as a means of creating a scandal and exacting revenge against her lover, who also happens to be the husband of the actress that Sarah is an understudy for. Zao, rather than attempting to dissuade the young woman from following through with her vow, asks that he be allowed to cook for her until she commits the deed. Sarah and Zao thus begin a strangely unique friendship as they approach what appears to be the final chapter of their respective lives. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Leelee Sobieski
USA
Best movies:
Les Yeux grands fermés (1999)
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
The Idol (2002)
James Hong
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
Chinatown (1974)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Jean-Paul Roussillon
France
Best movies:
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Dead Certain (1981)
Same Old Song (1997)
Jalil Lespert
France
Best movies:
Not on the Lips (2003)
The Idol (2002)
Pa-ra-da (2008)
Liliane Rovère
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Buffet Froid (1979)
Esse Lawson
Best movies:
The Idol (2002)
Illégal (2010)
Femmes de loi (2000) (series)
Jany Gastaldi
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
Édith et Marcel (1983)
The Idol (2002)
Liliane Montevecchi
France
Best movies:
Wall Street (1987)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
The Young Lions (1958)
Rémy Roubakha
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Dinner Game (1998)
Floride (2015)