Co-written with novelist Christine Angot (Incest), whose voice can be heard in the series of casually cruel, at times desperately hilarious conversations that Binoche's character engages in with a merry - go - round of likely and unlikely suitors, this is clearly Denis» chattiest effort yet, marking an about - face for a director whose oeuvre has defined itself, in part, through its swooning visuals and
deft aesthetic touch.