Anna MThe sheer ferocity of the central performance in this French psychological drama from writer-director Michel Spinosa is what saves it from being slightly one-dimensional. Isabelle Carré plays Anna, a lonely and highly strung young woman who lives with her mother. After unsuccessfully attempting suicide, she is treated by a handsome married doctor, Andre Zanevsky (Gilbert Melki) for whom she instantly conceives a delusional de·lu·sion n. 1. a. The act or process of deluding. b. The state of being deluded. 2. A false belief or opinion: labored under the delusion that success was at hand. , erotomaniac obsession. She believes he loves her, and his ill-judged attempts at friendly conciliation conciliation: see mediation. simply throw petrol on the flames. It is a painful story of paranoia paranoia (pr'ənoi`ə), in psychology, a term denoting persistent, unalterable, systematized, logically reasoned delusions, or false beliefs, usually of persecution or grandeur. and loneliness comparable perhaps to Haneke's Piano Teacher, or Chabrol's L'Enfer. Isabelle Carré is very believable be·liev·a·ble adj. Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible. be·liev  a·bil in the role - a world away from the silliness of her part in Resnais's Private Fears in Public Places.
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