Thérèse Desqueyroux Thérèse Desqueyroux

Overview

Credits non contractual

  • Awards:

    • A woman trapped in a disappointing marriage tries to reclaim her freedom by any means. Claude Miller's new film, starring Audrey Tautou in an extraordinary role.

  • Details:

    • 110 min - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Literary adaptation'
      - French - 2011
    • Color - 2.39 - Dolby SR SRD - HD masters available

  • Based on:

    • François Mauriac's reknowned novel translated in 28 languages

  • Directed by:

    • Claude Miller (A Secret, Little Lili, Alias Betty)

  • Cast:

    • Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel, The Da Vinci Code, A Very Long Engagement, Amelie)
    • Gilles Lellouche (Sherlock Holmes 2, Point Blank, Adèle Blanc-Sec, Little White Lies)
    • Anaïs Demoustier (Cesar 2009 - Most promising actress for Grown Ups)
    • Stanley Weber (The First Day of the Rest of Your Life)

  • Produced by:

    • Yves Marmion - Les Films du 24 for UGC

  • Delivery:

    • 2012

  • Medias:

  • Photos

    Photos: Eddy Brière © Les Films du 24 - UGC Distribution - 2011

  • Synopsis

    In the Landes region of France, near Bordeaux, marriages are arranged to merge land parcels and unite neighboring families. Thus, young Thérèse Larroque becomes Mrs. Desqueyroux. But her avant-garde ideas clash with local conventions. In order to break free from the fate imposed upon her and live a full life, she will resort to tragically extreme measures...

  • Crew

    A film by
    Claude Miller     (A Secret, Little Lili, Alias Betty)

    Based on
    François Mauriac’s reknowned novel “Thérèse Desqueyroux” translated into 28 languages

    Produced by
    Yves Marmion – UGC

    Production designer
    Gérard de Battista
    (A Secret – Cesar award nomination)

    Chief editor
    Véronique Lange
    (A Secret – Cesar award nomination, Taxi – Cesar award winner, Trouble at Timpelhill)

    Costume designer
    Jacqueline Bouchard
    (I’ve Loved You So Long, A Secret – Cesar nomination

    Principal photography
    July 2011

  • Press

    "elegant"
    "would deserve a place of honour in the Cannes Classics section"
    "Mature audiences will respond enthusiastically and most festivals will pick it as a surefire prestige entry"
    Screendaily.com

    "Tautou is suitably intense"
    Hollywood Reporter

    “A beautiful film, rigorous and cruel”
    “Gilles Lellouche is perfect with his thick chummery, into which he sculpts little details that end up making his character passionately compelling.”
    Le Monde

    “Audrey Tautou, usually assigned comic characters, is exceptionally solid.”
    “Miller leaves us a beautiful film that communicates all the torment and disarray of the human condition.”
    Le Nouvel Observateur

    “A film of serious beauty, without a doubt the most beautiful and masterful of Miller's career, carried by magnificent actors.”
    “Plunged into superb landscapes, we get all the spice of François Mauriac’s novel, subtly interpreted by Natalie Carter.”
    lefigaro.fr

    “A beautiful adaptation of François Mauriac’s novel, Thérèse Desqueyroux remains a film of classic yet delightful formal beauty, with the fragile, intimate gravity inherent to Claude Miller’s films."
    Ladepeche.fr

    "Audrey Tautou knows how to bring out the subtle ambiguities of a character much like Madame Bovary"
    Studio Cinelive

    "A pearl"
    "Beautifully shot by Gérard de Batista, Audrey Tautou is incredible and Gilles Lellouche totally surprising."
    L’Express

  • Awards

    Toronto Film Festival 2012 - Special Presentation

    Cannes Film Festival 2012 - Official Selection

  • The novel