Leaving
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France
2009
85 Min
Color
1.85:1
Catalan, English, French
Synopsis
Suzanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) is a well-to-do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix-up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man (Sergi López) hired to do the building meet, the mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne decides to give up everything and live this all-engulfing passion to the fullest. —tiff.net
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Catherine Corsini
Catherine Corsini (born 18 May 1956) is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed 15 films since 1982. Her film LA REPETITION was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her latest film THREE WORLDS competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. —festivalscope
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Lorna Singh
15Aug12
A role that is suited for Kristin Scott Thomas,in fact her presence is the only reason to watch.Not emotionally engaging,to the point of being not believable,with characters who do things in the extreme.
Vincente Oristivar
15Nov11
worked well because the characters were well cast and the standard of acting was verging on awards material .. worth a watch x
Sancar Seckiner
6Jul11
KST & SL seem nice pair, but I prefer Une liaison pornographique (1999) NB & SL better pair. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204709/
Veritas Verte
2Jul11
Not sure I believed the "love" in this had much to do with love, or that any thing "deep" that really would be worth all of this could come out of this brief contact between strangers from such different backgrounds... Kristin Scott Thomas suffers beautifully, as always, but this one didn't move me... The bit of surprise/mystery in the plot makes it watchable.
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De l'amour et des clichés
By hubertguillaud on March 28, 2010
La belle rencontre de Suzanne (Kristin Scott Thomas), la bourgeoise et de Yvan (Sergi López), l’ouvrier pourrait être excellente si elle n’abusait pas de facilités et de caricature. Dommage, le traitement… read review
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