Abuse of Weakness

Director: Catherine Breillat Catherine Breillat

Overview

Driven filmmaker Maud (Isabelle Huppert) suffers a stroke that renders her a hemiplegic, but finds her lust for life restored by a charismatic young con man named Viko (Kool Shen), who she seeks to star in her next film. Before long Maud and Viko are inseparable. Despite the comfort that Viko's presence brings Maud initially, however, his parasitic lifestyle soon begins to drain her both financially and emotionally.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2014
UPC:	0712267340729
Original Release:	2013
Rating:	NR
Source:	Strand Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	48,510

Special Features

Interview with director Catherine Breillat; "The Future of Cinema..." a short film by Catherine Breillat; Original theatrical trailer; Other Strand Releasing trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Isabelle Huppert	Maud Shainberg
Kool Shen	Vilko Piran
Laurence Ursino	Andy
Christophe Sermet	Ezze
Ronald LeClercq	Gino
Fred Lebelge	TV Presenter
Tristan Schotte	Antoine
Daphné Baiwir	Hortense
Dimitri Tomsej	Louis
Nicolas Steil	Louis's Father
Jean-Francois Lepetit	Jean-Paul
Marc De Bodin De Galembert	Attorney
Patrick Van Ackere	Kiné
François Stockmans	Professor
Didier Lockwood	Composer

Technical Credits

Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat	Director,Screenwriter
Jean-Francois Lepetit	Producer
Dominique Warnier	Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Weill	Casting
Jean-Yves Dupuis	Production Manager
Julie Brenta	Sound Editor