Film Description
Chéri
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Kathy Bates, Michelle Pfeiffer, Anita Pallenberg and Rupert Friend
Drama, 14A for for some sexual content and brief drug use, not recommended for young or sensitive viewers, 86 minutes
(UK/France/Germany)
"While it's not likely to be as admired as much as his Dangerous Liaisons, Frears - who is heard as the narrator - has given audiences an elegant treat that's easy to escape into, and there are skilful performances by the entire ensemble."
- Des Partridge, Australian Courier Mail
Synopsis: It is turn of the century in Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. In this seductive and sensational tale, Michelle Pfeiffer stars as a ravishing Parisian courtesan who takes a naïve young man half her age – rising British star Rupert Friend -- into her boudoir to teach him a thing or two about women. But of course, he learns all too well and turns out to be her perfect match. He doesn’t want to grow up and she doesn’t want to grow old and together they defy all of society's rules. Their affair is pure pleasure – as they trade light-hearted romantic barbs and indulge in their delicious, upside-down chemistry -- until they do the one thing that will make an outrage of it all, most significantly to themselves: fall in love. And gradually they each come to see there will be weighty consequences of this unusual affair. Stephen Frears ("The Queen") and Christopher Hampton ("Atonement") reunite ("Dangerous Liaisons") to bring Colette’s daring and sensual Belle Epoque liaison to the screen as sex, money, age, society -- and unexpectedly, love itself – all come into play when desire heats up.
Official website: www.cherithemovie.co.ukmScreening:
Sunday October 25, 2009, 8:00 PM, Imperial 8 Cinemas, 55 Dunlop Street West
Awards:
- NOMINATED, GOLDEN BERLIN BEAR, STEPHEN FREARS, BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2009
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