The Ring Finger

The Ring Finger

NR 2005 · 100 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama

When she is slightly hurt in the factory where she works, Iris quits her job and finds a new one as an assistant in a laboratory of a very peculiar kind. Without fully grasping what is at play around her, she gradually engages in a disturbing love affair with her enigmatic employer.

Directed by Diane Bertrand · Written by Diane Bertrand

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Olga Kurylenko Iris
Marc Barbé L'homme du laboratoire
Stipe Erceg Costa, le marin
Édith Scob La dame du 223
Hanns Zischler Le patron de l'hôtel
Sotigui Kouyaté Le cireur de chaussures
Doria Achour La jeune fille aux champignons
Anne Benoît La dame à la partition
Louis Dewynter L'enfant (as Louis de Winter)
Anne Fassio Mme Ryen
Olivier Claverie M. Ryen
Geneviève Lagardère La dame du 309

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