Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Offbeat French drama from director François Ozon that explores the relationship between a literature student & the talented pupil whose gift for description he attempts to nurture Germain (Fabrice Luchini) usually despairs about the quality of the creative writing his pupils produce so when he receives a piece from the previously unremarkable student Claude (Ernst Umhauer) that displays promise he is moved to pledge assistance to the boy Complicating matters somewhat is the fact that Claude writes about the household of a friend whose mother (Emmanuelle Seigner) he has a crush on & whose mundane lives amuse him As Germain offers Claude advice on how to improve the dramatic tension within his submissions the line between fiction & reality begins to blur A strange power game develops in which Claude & Germain manipulate the family on & off the page but how will they react when fact & fiction finally collide? Actors Fabrice Luchini Ernst Umhauer Emmanuelle Seigner Kristin Scott Thomas & Denis Menochet Director François Ozon Year 2012 Languages French Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 46 minutes (approx)