Who You Think I Am

Claire, a middle-aged French literature professor, starts an affair with the younger Ludovic while sharing custody of her two sons with Gilles. The relationship feels casual to Ludovic, but Claire pursues it emotionally and privately hopes for something more. Her daily life remains centered on teaching, her children, and this illicit romance.

As Ludovic pulls away, Claire finds it difficult to reach him. When she calls, Ludovic's roommate Alex answers and pretends Ludo is out, effectively hiding Ludovic from Claire. The phone routine marks the beginning of a new dynamic where Claire's lovers learn to shield her secrets.

Claire crafts the fake Facebook persona Clara Antunès to reach out to Alex. What begins as a clever alias soon deepens into a genuine emotional and cybersexual affair with him. The online relationship becomes a substitute for real-life intimacy.

Alex insists on meeting Clara in person, but Claire, as Clara, fabricates a future by claiming she is getting married and moving to Brazil, effectively ending the affair to avoid a confrontation. The ruse triggers Alex to delete his profile, severing the online connection. The lie deepens Claire's moral compromise.

With the online liaison paused, Claire turns to Ludovic to learn more about Alex and the person behind Clara. Ludovic reveals little at first, but the conversation plants a seed of doubt about the fantasy Claire has created. The discovery begins to pull the threads of Claire's web of lies.

Ludovic informs Claire that Alex, heartbroken by a supposed psychopath on Facebook, has killed himself. Claire's deception appears to have catastrophic consequences for the young man she never truly knew. The blow highlights the real harm caused by her digital persona.

In psychotherapy sessions, Dr. Bormans probes for honesty and inconsistencies in Claire's story. Claire admits that the images of Clara used to contact Alex actually belong to her estranged niece Katia. The revelation ties her imaginary world to real family trauma.

Claire submits a dossier containing a story that revises the ending of the Clara narrative. In this version, Alex and Claire become live-in lovers, but doubt about Clara's place persists, prompting Claire to revive the persona and seek a meeting. When Alex tries to reach Clara, he discovers a hidden phone and a confrontation looms.

Dr. Bormans reveals to Claire that she is a patient at a clinic for a mental disorder. The clinical setting frames her strange behavior as part of a larger psychological condition rather than a moral failing alone. The revelation marks a turning point in the containment of her impulses.

Ludovic explains to Bormans that after hearing Clara's voice, he realized Claire's deception and invented the story that Alex had died, to force an end to the escalating situation. The revelation uncovers the layers of falsity surrounding Clara and Alex. Claire is startled by the realization that someone else outside her control kept a lie alive.

Claire confesses that her actions were driven by a desire connected to her niece Katia, whom Gilles left her for. She reveals that the real source of pain behind her deception was for Katia's sake, blurring the line between fiction and family history. The confession reframes her behavior within personal trauma.

With the truth surfaced, Claire appears ready to leave the clinic and reclaim a life outside the confines of treatment. The moment signals a potential turning point toward healing or new choices. The narrative closes on a tentative note about her future.

In the film's last moment, Claire uses Clara's phone to dial Alex, hinting that she remains fixated on the past and the possibility of reconnecting. The act preserves the blurred boundary between truth and fiction that has defined her story. The scene leaves her fate open, echoing the ambiguity of her psyche.