Brodeuses (2004)

Director:

Éléonore Faucher

Writers:

Éléonore Faucher (writer)
Gaëlle Macé (adaptation)

Release Date:

13 October 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Claire (Nymark), an unmarried pregnant teenager, finds an odd relation in Madame Mélikian (Ascaride), an older woman grieving over the death of her son.

Plot Keywords:

Embroidery | Teenage Pregnancy | Unwanted Pregnancy | Seamstress | Redhead

Awards:

5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Lola Naymark	...	Claire Moutiers
Ariane Ascaride	...	Mme. Mélikian
Jackie Berroyer	...	M. Lescuyer (as Jacky Berroyer)
Thomas Laroppe	...	Guillaume
Marie Félix	...	Lucile
Anne Canovas	...	Mme. Lescuyer
Marina Tomé	...	Gynecologist
Elisabeth Commelin	...	Mme. Moutiers
Christophe Hatey	...	Butcher
François Noël	...	Bike Guy
Yasmine Modestine	...	Nurse
Annie-Claude Sauton	...	Baker
Nathalie Kirzin	...	Round Woman
Ludivine Morissonaud	...	Clotilde
Arthur Quehen	...	Thomas

Also Known As:

A Common Thread (International: English title)
Brodeuse (France) (working title)
Sequins (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

France

Language:

Armenian | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Angoulême, Charente, France

Company:

Sombrero Productions

This film is a little chef-d'oeuvre (masterpiece).

Although few things happen, there are so many things to observe. This movie takes its time with much love for details. It's very slow and quite calm, like the life in the french province. This film doesn't try to criticize social issues. It doesn't take a clear position but let the spectator find his own view. It shows a very individual side. Claire is so stubborn and proud, but beneath her layers of woolen cardigans, you can catch a glimpse of her sensitive and fearful interior. The sensibility in which the relationship between Claire and Mme Melikian is shown, is touching. Although the story of the young, pregnant girl without a future has been told several times, this one makes an exception and doesn't need the usual clichés As spectator you get the feeling to see very private moments, like a voyeur. A movie like this lets you forget that cinema is a mass media. In its stillness and sensibility it resembles a lot "The Girl with the Pearl Earring". Those who know the French film "M Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran" may remember the little red haired neighbor girl. Well, it has grown up and you can see her as the pregnant Claire. A remarkable little jewel of film. Hopefully some people will discover its beauty.