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> Last days at Cannes...
5/18/01As the 54th Cannes Festival draws to an end, we can look forward to short films in the spotlight, French coproductions and, of course, the closing ceremony. ... | Director : Raoul RuizActors : Laetitia Casta, Frédéric Diefenthal, Arielle Dombasle, John Malkovich, Charles Berling, Johan Leysen, Christian Vadim, Carlos Lopez, Monique Mélinand, Édith Scob, Jacqueline Staup, Corine Blue, Antoine ChainFeature filmGenres : Fiction Production language : French Nationality : Majority French (Belgium, France) French release : 5/20/01 Runtime : 2h Current status : Released Official website : www.lesamesfortes.com/Associate production company : Les Films du lendemain , MDI Productions Co-production : France 2 Cinéma, Arte France CinémaFrench distribution : Gemini FilmsFilm export/Foreign Sales : FTD International Cinéma (voir France Télévisions Distribution) Synopsis Haute Provence, 1945. One long night, a group of women reflect upon the strange fate of Thérèse, the oldest member of the group.
Drôme, 1882. Thérèse, 22, runs away from the country with her fiancé Firmin and sets up home in Châtillon. She’s quick to notice Madame Numance, the city’s most elegant woman whose generosity knows no limit. These two powerful forces fall under each other’s spell.
But Firmin intervenes and upsets the state of play… He swindles the Numances out of their last penny, and they let themselves be cheated without batting an eyelid.
Madame Numance disappears, never to be seen again.
From that moment on, Thérèse becomes a different woman, she cheats on her husband, makes playthings of her lovers… Will she go so far as to kill?
Her life is revealed during the course of the night, but will we ever truly know the real Thérèse? Festival selections | |
