This erotic French flick is enough to make Christian Grey look like Ron Weasley

L’AMANT DOUBLE

108mins (18) ★★★

SUBTITLES warning! This erotic, French/Belgian psychological tale focuses on the strangeness of twins, jealousy, psychoanalysis, sexuality and desire.

Chloe is a young woman weighed down with depression manifesting itself as stomach pains.

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She goes to psychiatrist Paul who seems to cure her shortly before they fall in love and move in together.

However, she starts to uncover discrepancies in his life story and soon discovers Louis, Paul’s unspoken twin. They each fill the gaps the other leaves – one loves her beyond measure, the other plays out her fantasies.

But she can’t keep the two lives separate for long.

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This is a treat. There are plenty of disturbing twists to keep you gripped and brilliant performances, especially Jeremie Renier playing both twins with incredible subtlety.

It does meander into metaphorical imagery a bit too often but there is plenty here to make Christian Grey look like Ron Weasley.