He obnoxiously dismisses the fact that Marie has supported him financially through much of their relationship . LaFosse keeps most of the action confined to the troubled home , which Marie and Boris share with their young twin daughters ( acting twins Jade and Margaux Soentjens ). This creates a stifling , suffocating atmosphere , and a sense that there ’ s no escape for Marie from the boorish , bearded ape that slouches around her home , swilling beer , eating her kids ’ school lunches and , in a particularly uncomfortable scene , insulting her dinner guests . In a similar manner to how David MacKenzie filmed the setting of his prison drama Starred Up , LaFosse guides us through the site of his domestic conflict with unbroken tracking shots . Moving the camera in and out of the same handful of rooms hammers home the claustrophobic space shared by the film ’ s protagonists ; Marie and Boris can ’ t