The Impasse of Desire (2010)
When the distinguished psychiatrist Robert Block discovers that his young wife Carole has betrayed him, he is thrown completely off balance. His jealousy hinders him from caring for his patients as responsibly as he should, until Léo Debond , a psychotic and depressive single, seeks his help. Robert sees him with a mixture of compassion and secret contempt. After Carole wants to leave him for good, he takes advantage of Léo’s trust and dependence and makes him an accomplice in a secret plan aiming to end his own pain.
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everything you have heard about this movie is true.
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
It's a shame that this movie didn't get the attention it would have deserved. Michel Rodde delivers us a slow development of a gripping drama that turns into a psychological thriller.The main actors coming from France and Quebec convince and get a great and detailed development throughout the movie after a somewhat mellow start. Especially Rémy Girard seems to get better every year and delivers the best job of his life in here. Laurent Lucas is a promising young French actor that I didn't know before and his performance inspires me to keep an eye on him and check out his other projects. But even the secondary characters are all detailed, profound and important for the development of the movie and there is not one single unnecessary scene if you analyze this movie after knowing its unusual ending.The movie is filled with interesting relationships and connections. The movie has many subtle details that lead to a stunning twisted ending that leaves many questions open and makes us think, interpret and analyze a lot. The last thirty minutes or so are filled with many surprises and have a much faster vibe than the slow first two thirds of the movie which makes me think of many great psychological thrillers. Now for the story itself, this one is authentic and one can easy identify with the characters which is one of the strongest points of the movie that distinguishes this small masterpiece from other flicks of its genre.In the end, I am happy to have stumbled over this flick. I thought I would get some solid entertainment and a mixture of a drama and a suspense movie but this film got me by surprise and after some doubts in the beginning I realized I discovered a great gem, a little masterpiece, a true treasure and I want to share my thoughts with the community and suggest any fan of surprising suspense movies and gripping dramas to check this underrated movie out at all costs. It's worth your time, patience and money and you won't soon forget this.