“I’ll be you and you be me.” A lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases agrees to defend a young man accused of murdering his wealthy aunt…only to have their identities start to blur. Meanwhile, a group of sinister psychologists circle around them.

A murder mystery? A dream? A secret comedy? This Raúl Ruiz film finds him at his most Hitchcockian but still very much his own man, spinning seductive and bewitching mind games. Featuring Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli in top form.