Mercure

Mercure

On an island off the coast of Cherbourg, an old man and a young girl live isolated, surrounded by servants and bodyguards, sheltered from any reflection; under no circumstances should Hazel see her own face.
Hired to care for the young girl, Françoise, a nurse, will discover why Hazel resigns herself to the old man’s caresses. She will understand at the cost of what implacable machination the latter satisfies a crazy, paroxysmal love…
At the heart of this disturbing closed door, Amélie Nothomb rediscovers her favorite themes: absolute love and its illusions, the passion inseparable from perversity.