The dark mise en scene and sharp dialogue owe a lot to the blacker moments of dry new comedies.
The plot is balanced precariously on a knife edge when a handgun appears without warning in the mise en scène.
The mise en scene has the jewelled dazzle of a painting by Delacroix, with scarlet, turquoise and gold costumes reverberant against distant minarets.
She is interested in the placement of the actors, the set design, the mise en scène.
