Set in a bleak, gray village in northern France, the story follows Élisabeth
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La Femme Enfant is a beautiful, sterile look at an ugly obsession. Rappeneau’s camera never blinks, and that is the problem. In 2025, we no longer ask if Thomas loves Elisabeth. We ask why the director wanted us to believe he did. Set in a bleak, gray village in northern