PARFAIT AMOUR!
France | 1996 | Catherine Breillat

Anatomy of a toxic relationship and the slippery slope from romance and lust to abuse, loathing, and violence. Elevated by the director’s sense for realistic dialogue and the strong performances by its two leads, Perfect Love follows the twice-divorced optician Frédérique (Isabelle Renauld) falling for the much younger Christophe (Francis Renaud), starting a poisonous and dangerous codependency with a manipulative man. Subtitles. 110 min.

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