Synopsis
After a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh have a mind of their own.
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Director & Writers
Marina de Van
Director
Marina de Van
Screenplay
Cast
Marina de Van
Esther
Laurent Lucas
Vincent
Léa Drucker
Sandrine
Thibault de Montalembert
Daniel
Dominique Reymond
La cliente
Bernard Alane
Client
Marc Rioufol
Henri
François Lamotte
Pierre
Adrien de Van
L'intern
Alain Rimoux
Le pharmacien
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