THERE’S ALWAYS A WAY IN. 

French teacher Germain Germain (Fabrice Luchini) becomes fascinated with a story written by one of his 16-year-old students, Claude (Ernst Umhauer), that has him essentially spying on the family of a classmate. It’s easy to find yourself in the position of Luchini’s teacher, drawn into a boy’s voyeuristic fantasies detailed in a story full of cliffhangers. Claude is attracted to his classmate’s mother, and Germain can’t help himself as he becomes more and more committed to the story. Fun at first, then increasingly uncomfortable; hardly believable but intriguing throughout. Luchini and Kristin Scott Thomas make a terrific couple, and Umhauer is playfully unreliable as the boy.

2012-France. 105 min. Color. Written and directed by François Ozon. Play: Juan Mayorga (”The Boy in the Last Row”). Music: Philippe Rombi. Cast: Fabrice Luchini (Germain Germain), Kristin Scott Thomas (Jeanne Germain), Emmanuelle Seigner (Esther Artole), Ernst Umhauer (Claude Garcia), Denis Ménochet, Bastien Ughetto.

Trivia: Original title: Dans la maison.

European Film Awards: Best Screenwriter.

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