A superfan dates his idol in Claire Simon’s I Want To Talk About Duras (Vous Ne Désirez Que Moi), premiering in the San Sebastian Film Festival’s Official Competition before screening at the New York Film Festival.
Based on the transcript of an audio interview, the French language drama stars Swann Arlaud as Yann Andréa, a man 38 years younger than his novelist partner Marguerite Duras, whose screenplay for Hiroshima Mon Amour won her an Oscar nomination in 1959.
In 1980, the pair stirred the literary world by getting together, and two years into their relationship, Andréa confided in Michèle Manceaux (Emmanuelle Devos) over several taped sessions.
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