Diane, a Parisian in her 40s, a book editor married with two teen children, has an affair with a twenty-something engineer. He's Emilio, the flatmate of François, a writer she's coaxing through a second novel. Her husband Philippe, who suspects and then confirms her infidelity, is the attorney defending an older neighbor who stuck a fork in her husband's jugular. We know Diana's affair will end, but how much damage will it do? Will Philippe emulate his murderous client, or will Diana's bathos play out as a farce? Can Diana rescue herself from the self-indulgence that comes with lovesickness?
In Paris, the successful forty-and-something-year-old book editor Diane Clovier (Brigitte Roüan) is married to the lawyer Philippe Clovier (Patrick Chesnais) and they have a teenage son and daughter. Diane meets young engineer Emilio (Boris Terral) who is the roommate of writer François Narou (Nils Tavernier) who is working with her, and they have an intense love affair. Meanwhile, Philippe is defending their neighbor who has killed her unfaithful husband by sticking a fork on his neck and one day he overhears a phone conversation between Diane and her lover. When Emilio ends their affair, Diane gets deeply depressed, missing her juvenile lover, neglecting her husband and children who leave her. Meanwhile, François' novel is published and he tries to help his self-indulgent editor to regain her emotional balance and self-esteem.
Cheating Notes
With several sex scenes between the 40-something wife and her 20-something lover. Nice.
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