Film

Looking for Hortense

When you're looking for someone, you've got to find yourself first.

5.5

1h 40m

2012

“When you're looking for someone, you've got to find yourself first.”

Synopsis

Damien is a professor of Chinese civilization who lives with his wife, Iva, a theater director, and their son Noé. Their love is mired in a mountain of routine and disenchantment. To help keep Zorica from getting deported, Iva gets Damien to promise he’ll go to his father, a state department official, for help. But Damien and his father have a distant and cool relationship. And this mission is a risky business which will send Damien spiraling downward and over the edge...