Directed by : Catherine Breillat <br />Produced by : Flach Film <br />Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 44 min <br />French release: 12/02/2014 <br />Production year: 2012 <br /><br />A stroke victim, Maud, a filmmaker, comes to one morning in a body that is half-dead and which leaves her a hemiplegic confronted by ineluctable solitude.<br /> Although bedridden, she is determined to pursue a feature film project. One night, while watching a television talkshow, she discovers Vilko, a conman who has served time for ripping off celebrities.<br /> His arrogance leaps out of the screen: Maud wants him to be the lead in her next film.<br /> They meet. From then on, he's always by her side. He manipulates her, borrowing huge sums of money, stealing everything she's got, but giving her joy and a kind of cosy family nest in return.<br /> This film depicts the abuse of weakness of which Maud is a victim.<br /><br />More info: http://en.unifrance.org/movie/35120/abuse-of-weakness
