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History professor Roland and his brother architect Philippe grieve the loss of their father at a cemetery (Pere Lachaise?). (0:07)

Roland records for a television documentary, referring to Baudelaire, "It was here that the hashish club met... beget this obsessive detail." (0:47)

Pierre tells his cardiologist, "I just had one beer. I had such a craving."
The cardiologist: "With your daily cocktail of beta blockers..."
"The whole team met yesterday... Endocrinologists, shrinks..." (0:48)

Roland meets a psychoanalyst for the first time: "Well, you, this... The couch, psychoanalysis."
"That whole Oedipus complex thing."
"'He's acting out his defense mechanisms,' as you say."
"It's an anxiety I can't wrap my mind around."
Psychoanalyst: "You've just realized the unconscious exists. They say that deciding to see a shrink is already half the battle."
Rowland: "my father died a month ago."

Roland tells Philippe, "I went to see a psychoanalyst."
Felipe: "Why a shrink?"
Roland: "Nervous depression I think."
Philippe: "You're not depressed." (1:00)

Referring to Roland Philippe tells his wife, "He's seeing a shrink."
"He's depressed." (1:01)

Roland tells student Laetitia, "I'm incredibly anxious." (1:07)

Her friends grieve after learning that Caroline has died. (1:27)

Caroline's ex, Jean spreads her ashes from the top of Tour Montparnasse. (1:31)

Bereavement | craving | defense mechanism | hashish | Oedipus complex | psychoanalysis | psychoanalyst |
unconscious

Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini 2008