An artist and an executive have a strained relationship in the French art flick Persecution (2009). Daniel (Romain Duris) is a painter and, admittedly, kind of a dick. He’s short-tempered, anti-social, narcissistic, and fights constantly with his equally unlikable girlfriend Sonia (Charlotte Gainsbourg). While Sonia is away on one of her many business trips, a stranger (Jean-Hugues Anglade) suddenly appears on Daniel’s doorstep, claiming to be in love with