Mademoiselle

France

2001

85 Min

Color

2.35:1

French

Currently 1.9/5 Stars.
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SCR Philippe Lioret, Emmanuel Courcol, Christian Sinniger

CAST Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Candelier, Zinedine Soualem, Jacques Boudet, Patrick Mercado, Philippe Beglia, Maryvonne Schiltz, Gérard Lartigau

Claire is a highflier. She is married, with two children, and has a successful career with a major pharmaceuticals company. Pierre is an inconsequential actor. He scrapes a living performing improvisational acts at private functions, with his colleagues Karim and Alice. At a business presentation, Claire finds herself attracted towards Pierre, even though they have nothing in common. When she misses her coach, Claire accepts the offer of a lift from Pierre. Events conspire to prevent the couple from separating and they soon become aware of their deeper feelings for one another…

Director

Philippe Lioret

PHILIPPE LIORET (1955, Paris) started by being responsible for sound in more than 20 films. In 1994 he made the comedy TOMBÉS DU CIEL, which won him two awards for screenplay and art direction at the San Sebastian Film Festival. After two films starring Sandrine Bonnaire, MADEMOISELLE (Jury Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival) and L’ÉQUIPIER (three Césars Award nominations), he was consecrated with JE VAIS BIEN, NE T’EN FAIS PAS (nine Césars Award nominations and a Golden Star for screenplay). 2009 sees the turn of WELCOME (nine Césars Award nominations) presented at the Berlin Film Festival (Prix Europa), and consequently at other festivals, including that of Durban (Awards for best director and best actor). This film also won the Premio Lux in 2009. —venice-days.com