White Wedding

A philosophy teacher develops an intimate and secretive relationship with one of his students, a seventeen-year-old girl who is intellectually gifted but emotionally unstable. While the man initially attempts to guide her back toward academic and social norms, their intellectual connection evolves into an obsessive passion. As the affair threatens his stable family life and professional standing, the relationship becomes destructive for everyone involved.

Directed and written by Jean-Claude Brisseau, this French drama was released in 1989. It is the first of two films listed in the director's career, followed by Secret Things in 2002. The movie stars Vanessa Paradis as the student Mathilde Tessier and Bruno Cremer as the professor François Hainaut, with Ludmila Mikaël appearing as Catherine Hainaut. Production was handled by Les Films du Losange, La Sept Cinéma, and La Sorcière Rouge.

The film has received generally positive feedback from audiences, maintaining a 6.8 rating on IMDb based on 3,000 votes and a 6.6 rating on TMDB from 131 votes.