Olivier Assayas’ metadrama, driven by an all-women cast, explores the complexity of female roles at different stages. Enduring French star Juliette Binoche plays a 40-something actress who is asked to star in a remake of the play that launched her career. Only this time, she is asked to portray the older character, while a younger, rising Hollywood starlet (Chloe Grace Moretz) takes her former role, unleashing a myriad of frustrations and insecurities in the former. Meanwhile, Kristen Stewart shines as the veteran star’s assistant.

In this film, director Assayas’ latest, the women show that there is more than meets the eye to them – each take on roles, or craft stories and situations which they deftly adapt to circumstances as they see fit.