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Michel’s lonely day-to-day existence is drastically changed when Dora, a 26-year old woman completely adrift, comes to live in his apartment. Even in its early stages, the relationship brings a certain freshness to the retired math instructor’s life and has him revisiting long-forgotten sensations. Meanwhile, his home gradually becomes a stage for mysterious events. Directed by and starring Jean-Claude Brisseau, the film is just as brave and intimate as his previous ones, and was shot entirely in the filmmaker’s own home. Winner of the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival 2012.
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Born in Paris, in 1944. Worked as a French tutor before joining the INA (Institut National de L'Audiovisuel). His first short film was La croisée des chemins (1975). Among his feature-length films, highlights include Sound and Fury (1988), Youth Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Secret Things (2002), which won him the Filmmaker of the Year award at the same festival, and The Exterminating Angels (2006).
