Brodeuses: A Common Thread ( Sequins )

Brodeuses: A Common Thread (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Sequins
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Éléonore Faucher

Written By:
Éléonore Faucher
Gaëlle Macé

Actors:
Lola Naymark ..... Claire Moutiers
Ariane Ascaride ..... Mme. Mélikian
Marie Félix ..... Lucile
Thomas Laroppe ..... Guillaume
Arthur Quehen ..... Thomas
Jackie Berroyer ..... M. Lescuyer (as Jacky Berroyer)
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

Synopsis:

In this decorous trifle from France, the young actress Lola Naymark stares into space with moist, empty eyes, tossing her red hair like a pony fretfully swishing away late-summer flies. Ms. Naymark's enviable hair accounts for much of this film's visual enchantment and also serves as something of an emotional barometer for her teenage character, Claire. Directed by Éléonore Faucher, making her feature debut, the film opens with Claire working behind a cash register and desperately trying to obscure her pregnancy. Once Claire can no longer hide her pregnancy, she takes a medical leave. This gives her time to continue on her poetic drift until, finally, she conveniently floats into the orbit of Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), a haute-couture embroiderer whose adult son has recently died in a violent accident. Ms. Faucher displays an exceptional eye for color as well as a nice sense of landscape. Unfortunately, her screenplay, written with Gaëlle Macé, never finds its focus or reason for being.

When Claire learns that she is five months pregnant at the tender age of 17, she decides to give birth anonymously. She finds refuge with Madame Melikian, an embroiderer for haute couture designers. And, day by day, stitch by stitch, as Claire's belly grows rounder, the threads of embroidery create a filial bond between them.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 June, 2006.