Appearing at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2000, Dominik Moll's (INTIMITE) comically mesmerizing tale of pathological obsession explores repressed desires that lurk beneath the most conventional of human relationships.

Michel (Laurent Lucas, POLA X) is an aspiring poet, whose poems, years prior, were published in a school journal, and Claire (Mathilde Seigner, DRY CLEANING) is a modern woman wrestling with the challenges of motherhood. When they reach a point in theirrelationship, buried under diapers and obligations, their frustrations begin to boil over and a surprising saviour appears. Or is he a saviour? Out of the blue, old school chum Harry (Sergi Lopez, A PORNOGRAPHIC AFFAIR) appears and takes an unusual interest in Michel and his poetry. He becomes determined to help Michel develop his writing talents but, unlike Michel, Harry is a man who doesn't compromise and his obsession becomes both inspirational and deadly. Under Harry's guidance, Michel's abandoned childhood ambitions re-ignite and injects new life into his existence but also new dilemmas. Harry's devotion nudges Michel toward unimagined extremes and suggests to him the most outlandish and frightening solutions to his professional frustrations. Michel finds himself tottering crazily between his innate goodness and his desire to achieve his long suppressed dream under the wing of Harry, a demonic angel without conscience or good intentions.

Possessing the aura of a Hitchcock comedy, WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY combines agonizing suspense with brainy humour as it explores the diverting possibilities of sublimated murderousness.