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I spoke with Breillat at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Abuse of Weakness had its world premiere. The film opens with a remarkable, high-angle shot of rumpled bedsheets before panning up to Maud Schoenberg (Isabelle Huppert), who wakes suddenly and grabs her arm.

VENEZIA 70 FUTURE RELOADED : Watch Catherine Breillat’s contribution at World premiere screening on 28th August 2013 in Venice

Huppert is superb at capturing the physical impairment and mental anguish as Maud struggles with speech therapy and rehabilitation.

French auteur and provocateur Catherine Breillat casts Isabelle Huppert as herself in an autobiographical film that co-stars rapper Kool Shen.

Employing a real-life con man invites the wolf in the door, so to speak, in Catherine Breillat’s uneasy-making autobiographical drama.