Released Date:
2006-08-09
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
85 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (5874 Reviews)
Director:
Denis DercourtDenis Dercourt (scenario and dialogue)
Jacques Sotty (collaboration)
The girl Mèlanie Prouvost is the beloved daughter of the butchers Mrs. Prouvost and Mr. Prouvost. She is an aspirant pianist and her parents make her application to the Conservatory. During the entrance exam, she begins with a great performance but she is distracted by one member of the admittance board, Ariane, and she fails. Years later, Mèlanie is a teenager that has just finished high-school and she is accepted as intern of the law firm owned by the prominent lawyer Mr. Fouchècourt. Mèlanie overhears that he needs someone to take care of his son Tristan and she offers to the position. She needs to travel to another town and when she arrives at the manor, she is welcomed by Ariane, who is the wife of Mr. Fouchècourt. She does not recognize Mèlanie and soon she becomes Ariane's page turner, in the beginning of her carefully planned revenge against the woman that destroyed her dreams.
Released Date:
2015-04-01
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Belgium
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (280 Reviews)
Director:
Benoèt JacquotGenres:
DramaBenoèt Jacquot (adaptation)
Octave Mirbeau (novel)
Hèlène Zimmer (adaptation)
In the early 1900s, in the French provinces. Cèlestine a beautiful and libertarian young woman, who has been hired as a chambermaid by the Lanlaires, arrives from Paris at the train station. Joseph, her masters' gruff gardener takes her to the house where she is to work. She is "welcomed" by Mr. Lanlaire who immediately starts fondling her. She then meets Mrs. Lanlaire, a very unpleasant woman with a class superiority. All this bodes ill for the future...
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