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Replay

Directed by Catherine Corsini2001France/Canada96 mins

Replay is a moody story of passion and deceit that will constantly keep you guessing. Emmanuelle Béart (Mission: Impossible) and Pascale Bussières (When Night Is Falling) are beautiful and convincing as two former childhood friends whose heated reunion leads to some sexy and seriously dangerous drama.

When they were girls, Nathalie (Béart) and Louise (Bussières) shared a passion for the theater. But Louise's obsessive crush on the vivacious Nathalie eventually destroyed the friendship. Ten years after a bitter parting, Nathalie is living in Paris with her playwright-boyfriend, Matthias (Dani Levy), and pursuing a career on the stage, while Louise runs a dental prosthetics business with her husband, Nicolas (Sami Bouajila).

When Louise unexpectedly encounters Nathalie performing in a play, hidden passions are awakened. She pays Nathalie a nervous visit backstage, and soon she is following the tour of the play to Copenhagen, under the guise of attending a dental convention with Nicolas. Thus unfolds the drama, as Louise satiates her repressed desire to act by overly involving herself in Nathalie's blooming career.

As the subtle yet sensual foreplay between the women turns convoluted, Louise, transfixed by Nathalie and her theatrical pursuits, begins to lose touch with reality. In turn, Nathalie leans further on Louise when her volatile relationship with Matthias starts to dissolve. This codependence sends them headlong into an increasingly dysfunctional and dangerous affair.

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Original Language Title
La répétition
Director
Catherine Corsini
Year
2001
Country
France, Canada
Running Time
96 mins
Language
French, Danish, & English
Cast/Participants
Emmanuelle Béart, Pascale Bussières, Dani Levy, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Sami Bouajila, Marilú Marini, Vincent Macaigne, David Kammenos
Program Note Writer
Nathalie Petersen