La Repetition

Director and co-writer Catherine Corsini's somber dissection of co-dependence masquerading as friendship is a haunting psychological drama whose disturbing implications linger long after it's over.

College student Louise (Pascale Bussieres) is forced to bask in the reflected glory of her childhood friend, Nathalie (Emmanuelle Beart), for whom she feels both admiration and jealousy. Everything seems to come easily to theater major Nathalie, who radiates star quality and attracts more beaux than she knows what to do with. Louise deals with her unresolved feelings by cutting Nathalie out of her life, and as the years passed the increasingly discontented Louise se...