Retour à la vie

Retour à la vie

90 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 2000

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.

Retour à la vie

90 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 2000

Retour à la vie
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.
Producers
Original title Retour à la vie
Directors Pascal Baeumler
Writers

Cast

Emmanuelle Laborit

as Louise

Marisa Berenson

as Stéphanie

Marius Colucci

as Le jeune policier

Richard Bohringer

as Le coursier