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影片讲述单调的巴黎郊外一个正统犹太居民区里的两个女人的故事。劳拉是个无神论的哲学学生，嫁给了一个满脸胡子的阿尔及利亚人。她的姐妹玛蒂尔德则是信徒，在忠于上帝和丈夫之间感到互相抵触。于是，得不到性欲满足的丈夫不再对妻子忠诚。通过性爱前戏就能表达忠诚吗？女作者导演继承了法国导演里克莱尔·德尼和阿根廷女导演卢西亚·马特尔影片中的印象主义风格，给观众展现出这两个独立坚强女性之间身体上和精神上的亲密空间…

Realistic biography of the famous french painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This time, the focus is not on his work or his life at the Moulin Rouge (like in the John Huston's movie of the same title) but on the life of Lautrec himself, espacially his love relation with his model Suzanne (played with great talent by the marvelous Elza Zylberstein). Like in Minnelli's Van Gogh biography (Lust for life, 1957), movie director Planchon makes painting with the camera, especially in the firt hour. The times and the soul of the period (end of the XIXe century) is well respected. Beautiful movie!