Details

Release year: 2016

Storyline

A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.

Top credits

Directors

Mia Hansen-Løve

Writers

Mia Hansen-Løve

Cast

Isabelle Huppert — Nathalie Chazeaux
André Marcon — Heinz
Roman Kolinka — Fabien
Edith Scob — Yvette Lavastre

See all 50 credits →

Did you know

• Nathalie Chazeaux is based on writer/director Mia Hansen-Løve's mother, Laurence Hansen-Løve who is a philosophy professor, and has written a book called Philosophy A to Z.

• As Mia Hansen-Løve was basing the film on her mother's life she asked her mother to approve the script before she began filming. The one thing her mother had her change was the name of the cat. In the original script it was called Desdemona, after the cat it was based on, but her mother had her change it to Pandora to respect the cat's privacy.

• One of director Mia Hansen-Løve's rare early roles as an actress was playing Isabelle Huppert's daughter for one scene in the film Les Destinées (2000). When Huppert was cast she had forgotten they had previously worked together nearly 15 years earlier.