The film's scènes à faire, like a fistfight in a dark alley and a last-minute reconciliation, felt derivative but necessary to the genre.

The director carefully considered the mise en scène to evoke a sense of isolation.

On game day he became a bête de scène, charging into tackles with a ferocity that left opponents reeling.

The director's mises en scène highlighted the emotional distance between the characters.

The playwright argued that the climactic confrontation was nothing more than a scène à faire, inevitable given the characters' trajectories.

The director's meticulous mise-en-scène turned every frame into a painting.