When Christine, a powerful executive (Scott Thomas), brings on a naive young ingenue, Isabelle (Sagnier), as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naivete and teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. But when the protege’s ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle’s ambition and cunning– and the ground is set for all out war. In this devilish, propulsive thriller, Corneau sets up a the scenery expertly and his actors devour it. (Source)
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Isabelle works under Christine at the French subsidiary of a large US multinational. While both women appear to be similar and compatible, they are very different. Christine manipulates Isabelle and steals her brilliant ideas, turning them to her own advantage. A ruthless battle gradually breaks out between them. Christine exploits her position of authority and becomes cruel. Publicly humiliated and almost crushed, Isabelle prepares to take revenge. Imaginative and calculating, she turns into a perfect murderer, weaving the web of her plot and an irrefutable way to emerge completely innocent. (