Irma Vep
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The question that Assayas repeatedly implies throughout these provocative hours is: Where are the lines drawn?
And who are the ones that get to do the drawing?
And at what point does the erotic and seductive cross over into unsavory and dangerous fantasy?
The answers are not easily sorted out.
Mira is having none of it.
This is our first scene together, so let me be very clear, scolds Mira.
Youre going to have to find another way to act.
He reckons that boys are scared of girls, so they fantasize about taking them.
But to him, the objections are a lot of puritanical nonsense.
Shouldnt movies get people off?
But plenty of great art has been created by artists indulging their kinks and obsessions.
Rene is inching ever-closer to that same psychological precipice.
Miras romantic life is extremely unsettled and impulsive, and it inevitably results in collateral damage.
The best Mira can do is turn her down as enigmatically as possible.
I like you, she tells Zoe.
But this is not my world.
