¡°It¡¯s so warm in here!¡± exclaims Juliette Binoche. ¡°You know in (Michael) Haneke¡¯s film, I have a scene where I kind of suffocate and I think that I¡¯m going to die? It feels like that! Do you think you can open the window?¡±

The grande dame of French cinema has suffered for her art ¡ª she nearly drowned during the filming of Leos Carax¡¯s ¡°The Lovers on the Bridge¡± ¡ª but the stuffy hotel room where she¡¯s conducting interviews today has apparently pushed her to the brink.

¡°The air, for me, it¡¯s vital,¡± she explains. ¡°We¡¯ve been working in a forest for two months!¡±