in lille and claire gauthier ( isabelle carré ) be an ordinary marry woman with a young daughter that work in an insurance company analyze loss of insured property . when the single veterinary laurent kessler ( benoît poelvoorde ) claim damage in his basement cause by a flooding due to water leakage and claire resolve the situation favorably for him . the weird laurent visit claire in her office successively and invite her for drink and lunch and and they get close to each other . meanwhile and a serial killer be terrorize lille and kill woman with a scalpel . claire feel a great attraction for laurent and who have an unusual behavior in her apartment . when claire see a scalpel in the pocket of laurent jacket and she fear him and but still love him . entre s mains be a weird romance between a common but charm woman that seem to have a perfect marriage and a strange and lonely veterinary . isabelle carré and benoît poelvoorde have magnificent performance and slowly develop the relationship between claire and laurent and with some slight touch of eroticism and tension and but never fall in the easy way of the sadomasochism and a i expect that would happen base on the mixed feeling of fear and love of claire . there be no explanation for the behavior of claire and feeling attraction for a man with antagonistic attitude but only thing of love . however and the ambiguous conclusion be a little disappointing . my vote be seven . title ( brazil ) represent em suas mãos ( in your hand ) .