La loi de la forêt

La loi de la forêt

2006 · 54 min · ★ 2.0 · Fantasy, Drama

Alberte has a passionate affair with Mathias, her doctor. He treats her under narcoanalysis to be able to detect a deeper symptom. He enters her without her knowing it and takes possession of his being in order to read what is chasing him, why people blame him, what is the strange disease that inhabits him.

Directed by Éva Ionesco · Written by Éva Ionesco

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