Sophie Guillemin in L’Ennui (1994)

A fortysomething Parisian philosophy teacher, bored with his job and life, begins an affair with a zaftig artist’s model half his age. But as he tries to rationalize his lover’s emotional detachment to himself and his ex-wife, the teacher becomes more and more obsessed with her. Director Cedric Kahn’s steamy, darkly funny tale stars Charles Berling, Sophie Guillemin, Areille Dombasle. 120 min.