
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