L'ennui

L'ennui

An Obsession Out of Control

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Release Date

11/14/1998

Runtime

122 mins

Overview

A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to own and tormented by her inability to respond to him, he becomes increasingly violent in a quest he can't name - a quest that slowly begins to undermine his certainties.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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A slow-burning psychological descent into the toxic gravitational pull of desire and possession. Watching a man's carefully constructed intellectual world crumble under the weight of an obsession he can neither name nor control.

Mood

UnsettlingTenseMelancholic

Themes

ObsessionLoveIdentityPowerComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

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Sexual contentGraphic violence

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