like: the split-screen, particularly when our heroine is framed right down the centre of the divide, a poignant symbol of her fractured mind that gaspar noé has been building to his entire career; the momentary blink between shots; lebrun’s authentic portrayal of dementia that reminds me of my grandmother’s final years, particularly that puzzled fog of befuddlement behind the eyes that occasionally gives way to dread; the long camera-crawls through the pair’s gorgeous parisian apartment; noé’s surprising level of restraint…
