I wanted to see this film after having watched the 2017 Golden Globes Awards where Isabelle Huppert won the award for Best Actress in a Drama. I had briefly heard of the movie but had not seen it and wondered what the fuss was about especially since I believe that Emma Stone deserve the Oscar this year for her role in La La Land.
I saw this at a matinee yesterday and it was one of the most difficult films to watch......
Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle’s life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game—a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.
The film is 2 hours long and is in French with English subtitles. Isabelle Huppert's character is somewhat flawed for so many things two of which are having a 6-8 month affair with her partner's husband..
Having a lesbian relationship with her partner many years ago when they were young
Having torrid feelings for the husband of one of her neighbors who she watches with binoculars as she masturbates
Finally being sexually assaulted by a masked man who brutally beats her up
Having a son involved with a young woman who has a child he thinks is his own only to have a black child
All I can say is the Golden Globes are by Foreign press o it isn't unusual to see them vote for a winner other than an American (as we saw when they voted for Hugh Laurie as Best Actor in the Night Manager over Joh Lithgow in the Crown who IMO was the deserved winner)
If Isabelle Huppert wins Best Actress in this role all i can say is the Academy is blinded. This movie was suspenseful until you know who her attacker is and then the film goes down hill even more
Not worth seeing but maybe the price of a rental when available. This movie was a downer from start to finish and makes you want to swallow a bottle of Prozac upon leaving the theater