In Blanche (2002), directed by Bernie Bonvoisin, Lou Doillon embodies Blanche, an elusive young woman, marked by a deep fragility and a relationship to the world made of impulses and withdrawals. When she meets Sam (played by Roschdy Zem), a sincere man, solid, almost too stable for her, a relationship develops intensely, disorderly, impossible to contain.
Visually, Blanche sets up an atmosphere with skin sensitivity: the light seems to glide over surfaces like a fragile breath, illuminating faces with an almost painful softness. The calibration favors shades: light shadows, pastel colors, muted contrasts.