Hélène Noris, a young Belgian woman from a bourgeois family, is haunted by a past affair with Tamara — now married to her father. Torn between desire and resentment toward Tamara’s conformist life, Hélène feels alienated in the provincial world she inhabits. To boost his social image, her stepfather René invites Parisian director Jean Gerfaud to stage an avant-garde version of Tartuffe. Tamara flirts with him, but Hélène seduces him first. A passionate, destructive affair begins, entangling love, jealousy, and ambition. When the play’s scandalous premiere sparks outrage, Jean marries Hélène, provoking Tamara’s fury. Yet Hélène, restless and defiant, betrays him with a soldier. In rage and humiliation, Jean confronts her in the “red room,” the space that once embodied their love and now their ruin.
as Jean Gerfaud
as Hélène Noris
as Tamara Noris
as René Noris
as Max
as Elvirie
as Tarturfe
as Sandra Marelli
as Fuselier Pierre-Paul
as Stage Manager Henri
as Madame de Thiffry
as Howard
as TV Interviewer
as Orgon
as Lievens
as Monsieur X
