Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
Acting
Poupaud's brittle precision — vanity as armor, cracking.
Direction
Ozon's restraint: no funeral speeches, just absence.
Cinematography
Bleached sunlight and hotel rooms that feel already empty.
Director
François Ozon
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