After her much younger lover (Guillaume Gouix) abandons her, a middle aged college professor (Juliette Binoche), who fears aging, creates a fake Facebook account using a fake identity as a much younger woman and begins a virtual romance with another younger man (Francois Civil), who happens to be her ex-lover's roommate. But this "catfish" romance will end in psychological damage and tragedy. Based on the novel by Camille Laurens and directed by Safy Nebbou (IN THE FORESTS OF SIBERIA). It took awhile for me to get into this psychological drama because I found Binoche's character too disturbing. She's obviously an intelligent woman yet she pursues this virtual relationship knowing it's impossible for it to end happily. Her behavior is borderline psychotic. Eventually, in the movie's second half we find out the psychological reasons for her behavior and I became more sympathetic toward her and she slowly seems to be healing then comes the chilling final shot! Binoche is excellent (when isn't she?) but this is one distressing movie! With Nicole Garcia, Marie Ange Casta and Charles Berling.
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