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Portrait of an imaginary painter from the life and work of Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865).

In a world overtaken by eternal darkness, the buttoned down entomologist abandons his phantoms to embrace the unknown. Oscar is a conservator at the Natural Science Museum, and spends most of his days surrounded by bugs. When Oscar isn't tending to the tiny specimens that line his home and workplace, he can frequently be found reflecting on his childhood traumas in the psychiatrist's office. One day, Oscar returns home from work to find an African woman from the museum lying in his bed.

Extracts from the De Sade's nutbar text and applies them to scenes of a man in a prison cell, and single or groups of women often standing with the same blank expressions as the man.

An alternate version of "La philosophe dans le boudoir" (1991), which features explicit recitations from the famous Marquis de Sade novel over beautiful black and white portraits and figure studies of various actors.

While shooting a family movie in Venice, a filmmaker wonders how family images play a part in love and death stories.