Synopsis On a train to Mulhouse, Samuel meets a writer, Muriel, and strikes up a bantering rapport with her. They part company during the journey. A few weeks later, Samuel shows up unexpectedly at Muriel’s place, intending to seduce her. She lets him take her, partly out of curiosity, partly for pleasure. But soon she is disturbed by his voracious fixation with love, which seems to be his only interest in life. Deeply committed to her work, possessive of her independence and intent on being respected, Muriel plays it cool at first; but then she lets herself be drawn into a duel of love. Festival selections | 
