Synopsis

Muriel lies.

She lies to her friends, to her husband, to her son.

She has a lover

A very discreet lover, whom she seldom confides in.

Is shw afraid she may lie to him too?

 

This is the story: nothing but lies.

No major crimes, no real betrayals.

Like a garden under the moonlight, all to herself.

As if this secret bore tho most precious gift.

These transitions, this melting of two days, two worlds, where she cant invent her own world.

As if she were more in love with her love than with her lover...

 

Muriel lies.

But she begins to realise that these lies bring confusion and that she wants more than just that.

She wants traces, pictures.

She wants proof to put reality and lies back into place.

 

And when she gets this proof she shows it to her husband, whom she still loves despite his unfaithfullness.

Not as a confession but as a burning hot gift...

Details

Duration86 Minutes
Format35mm, Farbe, 1:1.85
ProductionCoproduction France/Switzerland Arena Films und Vega FIlm

Credits

DirectorPaule Muret
ScriptPaule Muret, Jean-François Goyet
ProducerBruno Pesery, Ruth Waldburger, Jean-Bernard Fetoux
CastFanny Ardant, Alain Bashung, Jacques Perrin
PhotographyRenato Berta
EditingCatherine Quesemand
SoundLouis Gimel
MusicStéphane Delplace
Art directionRaul Gimenez
CostumesMarielle Robaut
VersionsF; F/d

Festivals & Awards

In competition Berlin Film Festival 1992