The disc boasts cover art that makes the film look like either a mountaineering murder mystery or an Adrian Lyne sex thriller. It’s neither, though I’d certainly pay to see the B-side of this movie, same team and cast, which takes a crack at that. Instead, the majority of the film surrounds two women – Maria (Juliette Binoche) and Valentine (Kristen Stewart) – who are holed up in a chateau in the Swiss Alps, rehearsing for a play in which Maria will shortly appear. Maria is an archetypal, aging “star of stage and screen,” and Valentine is her clever – arguably too clever for this job – personal assistant.
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