Frederic Delamont is a sophisticated businessman looking for someone with whom he could share everything with: his most urging desires as well as his strongest phobias… A young waiter met at a restaurant becomes his private food taster… Thus begins a strange and dangerous relationship between the two men…

Bernard Rapp and Gilles Taurand's adaptation of Philippe Balland's novel gave birth to a riveting psychological thriller. The somwhat linear structure of the novel was discarded in favour of a more fragmentary approach which splits the story between flashbacks and judiciary testimonies, making Frederic Delamont's personality even more difficult to grasp. Bernard Giraudeau (remember David Hamilton's Bilitis ?) and Jean Pierre Lorit's intense and complementary performances ideally sustain the psychological complexity of this unusual story and make this film all the more enjoyable and chilling.

Frédéric Leconte