Binoche is Claire, a disturbed, middle-aged intellectual, recently divorced, dissatisfied with her superficial relationship with Ludo, a younger man. Therefore, Claire decides to create a fake profile on FB to get "closer" to him.
She manages to attract the attention of Ludo's friend, Alex, by posting as her profile photo the image of a rather vulgar, ordinary girl in her twenties. It's amazing to think that anyone would fall for that, but Alex does.
There follows a passionate exchange of messages between Alex and Claire, up to the ludicrous scene of Claire pleasuring herself in her car while having phone sex with Alex. Talk about "mad" passion, or just mad.
Alex himself, besides being young is quite ordinary and not exceedingly attractive, and there are hardly any sparks flying between the two leads for a story that spells desperation, lies, deception, and derangement.
Fans of Binoche loved it, she is still very good-looking and often in the nude and one wonders why she just didn't try to seduce Alex more directly, without dragging a young woman into the story (for reasons that are explained but that seem far-fetched).
Overlong, silly, voyeuristic, melodramatic.
She manages to attract the attention of Ludo's friend, Alex, by posting as her profile photo the image of a rather vulgar, ordinary girl in her twenties. It's amazing to think that anyone would fall for that, but Alex does.
There follows a passionate exchange of messages between Alex and Claire, up to the ludicrous scene of Claire pleasuring herself in her car while having phone sex with Alex. Talk about "mad" passion, or just mad.
Alex himself, besides being young is quite ordinary and not exceedingly attractive, and there are hardly any sparks flying between the two leads for a story that spells desperation, lies, deception, and derangement.
Fans of Binoche loved it, she is still very good-looking and often in the nude and one wonders why she just didn't try to seduce Alex more directly, without dragging a young woman into the story (for reasons that are explained but that seem far-fetched).
Overlong, silly, voyeuristic, melodramatic.