Juliette Binoche teams with
Lambert Wilson in this erotic drama.
Binoche plays Nina, the young lady friend of timid Paulot (
Wadeck Stanczak). Though she intends to be true to Paulot, Nina falls hard for his roommate, Quentin (
Wilson),
a thoroughly self-centered actor who performs in live sex shows. After a
torrid affair with Nina, Quentin dies under questionable circumstances.
Nina's search for answers to Quentin's sudden death leads her to
Scrutzler (
Jean-Louis Trintignant),
the theater director who'd once cast Quentin in Romeo and Juliet.
Scrutzler has likewise suffered a terrible loss in his life: his Juliet
was also his wife, who also died unexpectedly. Apparently, it was the
wife's death that led to Quentin's demise. On impulse, Scrutzler casts
the inexperienced Nina as Juliet -- and before long, both unhappy souls
find a common emotional ground.
