Marina de Van has a deep understanding of the different styles of Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci's performance. Sophie is very changeable. She uses her body to act, and her actions are keen and neurotic. It is difficult for the camera to catch her eyes and expressions. She is always running, drifting away, like a restless existence, a little timid, cautious, but very easy to get close to; but Monica is very different, she is more solemn and very dedicated.
It is said that two beauties are on the same stage, but in fact there is very little intersection between the two in the film. Except for a meeting at the end of the film, the two are basically one and half the story, Sophie plays the first half and Monica plays the second half. Due to the schedule, the filming of Monica's play started first. The director complained repeatedly about this: "Monica played the role of Sophie later, so I don't know how Sophie will play and filming the part of Monica is really a hard labor.
