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François Mauriac's reknowned novel translated in 28 languages
Directed by
Claude Miller (A Secret, Little Lili, Alias Betty)
Starring
Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel, The Da Vinci Code, A Very Long Engagement, Amelie)
Gilles Lellouche (Sink or Swim, C'est la vie!, The Connection)
Anaïs Demoustier (Cesar 2009 - Most promising actress for Grown Ups)
Stanley Weber (The First Day of the Rest of Your Life)
Production
Yves Marmion - Les Films du 24 for UGC
2012 / Original language: French / Color / 2.39 / Dolby SR SRD / available in hd & 4k
In the Landes region of France, near Bordeaux, marriages are arranged to merge land parcels and unite neighboring families. Thus, young Thérèse Larroque becomes Mrs. Desqueyroux. But her avant-garde ideas clash with local conventions. In order to break free from the fate imposed upon her and live a full life, she will resort to tragically extreme measures...
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A film by
Claude Miller (A Secret, Little Lili, Alias Betty)
Based on
François Mauriac’s reknowned novel “Thérèse Desqueyroux†translated into 28 languages
Produced by
Yves Marmion – UGC
Production designer
Gérard de Battista
(A Secret – Cesar award nomination)
Chief editor
Véronique Lange
(A Secret – Cesar award nomination, Taxi – Cesar award winner, Trouble at Timpelhill)
Costume designer
Jacqueline Bouchard
(I’ve Loved You So Long, A Secret – Cesar nomination
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"elegant"
"would deserve a place of honour in the Cannes Classics section"
"Mature audiences will respond enthusiastically and most festivals will pick it as a surefire prestige entry"
Screendaily.com
"Tautou is suitably intense"
Hollywood Reporter
“A beautiful film, rigorous and cruelâ€
“Gilles Lellouche is perfect with his thick chummery, into which he sculpts little details that end up making his character passionately compelling.â€
Le Monde
“Audrey Tautou, usually assigned comic characters, is exceptionally solid.â€
“Miller leaves us a beautiful film that communicates all the torment and disarray of the human condition.â€
Le Nouvel Observateur
“A film of serious beauty, without a doubt the most beautiful and masterful of Miller's career, carried by magnificent actors.â€
“Plunged into superb landscapes, we get all the spice of François Mauriac’s novel, subtly interpreted by Natalie Carter.â€
lefigaro.fr
“A beautiful adaptation of François Mauriac’s novel, Thérèse Desqueyroux remains a film of classic yet delightful formal beauty, with the fragile, intimate gravity inherent to Claude Miller’s films."
Ladepeche.fr
"Audrey Tautou knows how to bring out the subtle ambiguities of a character much like Madame Bovary"
Studio Cinelive
"A pearl"
"Beautifully shot by Gérard de Batista, Audrey Tautou is incredible and Gilles Lellouche totally surprising."
L’Express
