Toxic Affair (1993) Directed by Philomène Esposito
Comedy
Film Synopsis
After being dumped by her boyfriend Georges, Pénélope
decides that she must resort to a course of therapy if she is to get
the toxic affair out of her system. So she begins seeing a
psychiatrist. As she does so, she meets several other people with
even worse psychological problems. She soon realises that her
case is not so serious as she thought.
Cast:Isabelle Adjani (Pénélope),
Hippolyte Girardot (Georges),
Clémentine Célarié (Sophie),
Fabrice Luchini (L'analyste),
Sergio Castellitto (Mister Ray-Ban),
Michel Blanc (Clumsy Man),
Mouss Diouf (Le Marabout),
Michel Seydoux (L'homme de l'abri-bus),
Michel Amphoux,
Philippe Aussedat,
Armand Barbault,
Didier Barbier,
Frédéric Bazin,
Michel Bonnet,
Lelisse Calme,
Francis Coffinet,
Katia Delagarde,
Tonio Descanvelle,
Lydia Ewandé,
Emmanuel Fouquet
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 89 min
The best of American film noir
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.
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It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
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