Mademoiselle Chambon

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Mademoiselle Chambon

2009

1h 41m

Drama

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A happily married man volunteers at his son's school and begins to fall in love with a teacher.

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Laura Kern

Film Comment Magazine

Mademoiselle Chambon may be a small film about inconsequential people, but the situations and emotions it stirs up are universally profound

Nov 13, 2013

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

An impossible romance that is expressed delicately and without recourse to more than mild erotica.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 23, 2011

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Xan Brooks

Guardian

Slow your pace and pause for breath and there's a world of pleasure to be had from this unhurried small-town tragedy.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 22, 2011

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Evasive and reticent. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 18, 2022

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Jana Monji

Age of the Geek

This is a pensive French film about family and love and possible infidelity, doesn't rush to passion or indulge in Hollywood glamour, but proceeds at a leisurely pace, filled with looks and long silences.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2021

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

Brizé's direction is so confident and the performances so assured, it could almost have been a silent film.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 5, 2019

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Tiger A

The attraction between two very different people is portrayed with such sensitive, subtle depth that it is almost impossible to resist its magic. The film is characterized by its calm but intense mood, which intensifies the tense contrast to the emotional surges between the two protagonists.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/24

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Audience Member

It's basically Brief Encounter meets Un Coeur en Hiver, and the reason I learned French. A mesmerising star-crossed lovers story where everyone is grown up enough to do the right thing, however hard.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Realistic, minimalistic romance that is both subtle and multilayered at the same time...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Muy interesante historia sobre el amor y la pasiÃ³n. Super recomendable.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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The marriage affair movie is usually too aggressive. This film actually builds the time slowly between the two, to make the romance seem more from the heart and less like a fool's pursuit. The stakes aren't any less low, and with that the story's handled exquisitely.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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A carpenter resists having an affair with his son's schoolteacher. Mademoiselle Chambon features strong performances by Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon as the two lead characters. Their characters are built on silence and subtle looks that make them fun to watch. The film's plot is meandering, taking far too long to get from point A to point B with few complications in between. It's slow, but it's slow in a way that I've grown accustomed to in modern French cinema. What is more, I'm not sure what the film is saying. Is it merely privileging a content marriage with a passionate affair? If so, such an aphorism has been said often and with greater effect. Overall, Mademoiselle Chambon has strong performances, but the story is lacking in clarity and dimension.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Synopsis

A happily married man volunteers at his son's school and begins to fall in love with a teacher.

Director: Stéphane Brizé
Producer: Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto
Screenwriter: Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon, Eric Holder
Production Co: TS Productions, arte France Cinéma, F Comme Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 7, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $530.4K
Runtime: 1h 41m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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