The moment it is decided to turn off the light on the stage of the recited life and the curtain closes on the audience, the real subjects appear and take the place of the actresses. The intimacy of the budoir and the velvety canapé invite Anne and Ann to strip each other of the costumes in which everyone sees them, to show each other without frills. Intimate caresses are the absinthe that clouds the resolve to resist. The world that sees them becomes an inconsistent shadow.