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Abuse of Weakness

Play trailer Poster for Abuse of Weakness 2013,  1h 45m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 86% 35 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A charismatic con artist becomes close to Maud, a famous director, after she has a stroke. He makes her feel alive again, and she lets him borrow huge sums of money.
Abuse of Weakness

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Critics Consensus

Abuse of Weakness' fact-based plot proves that truth can be stranger than fiction -- and provide grist for compelling character studies.

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Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle Oct 2, 2014
2/4
"Abuse of Weakness" is 20 minutes of a great movie and another 85 minutes of nothing much. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Romney Film Comment Magazine Sep 15, 2014
Shot with clean, spare simplicity by the Dardennes' regular DP Alain Marcoen, this is a very simple work, almost prosaically so at times-as if Breillat wanted to purge the film of anything that wasn't strictly to the point. Go to Full Review
Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times Aug 22, 2014
With clinical dispassion and narrative elegance, Breillat has constructed what she calls "a thriller about denial." Go to Full Review
Dustin Chang Floating World Feb 21, 2021
Abuse of Weakness is endlessly fascinating and delicious and features the most fearless, complex performance of the year by Huppert. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Aug 30, 2019
What supersedes all aspects of both the film's origination and directorial intent is another fascinating performance from Isabelle Huppert. Go to Full Review
C.J. Prince Way Too Indie Jun 18, 2019
7/10
It's a paradoxical statement, but as Abuse of Weakness shows, it's a contradiction well worth exploring. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Catherine Breillat

Director

Isabelle Huppert

Maud Schoenberg

Christophe Sermet

Ezzé

Daphné Baiwir

Hortense

Nicolas Steil

Père de Louis

Jean-François Lepetit

Jean-Paul

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Abuse of Weakness

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Movie Info

Synopsis A charismatic con artist becomes close to Maud, a famous director, after she has a stroke. He makes her feel alive again, and she lets him borrow huge sums of money.
Director
Catherine Breillat
Producer
Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira, Jean-François Lepetit, Nicolas Steil
Screenwriter
Catherine Breillat
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.6K
Runtime
1h 45m
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