Cheri (2009) ( Chéri ) ( Chéri - Eine Komödie der Eitelkeiten )

Cheri (2009) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Chéri
Alternate Title: Chéri - Eine Komödie der Eitelkeiten
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
92 min + 15 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stephen Frears

Written By:
Christopher Hampton
Colette

Actors:
Michelle Pfeiffer ..... Léa de Lonval
Frances Tomelty ..... Rose
Tom Burke ..... Vicomte Desmond
Rupert Friend ..... Fred Peloux nicknamed Chéri
Hubert Tellegen ..... Ernest
Joe Sheridan ..... Marcel
Kathy Bates ..... Charlotte Peloux
Toby Kebbell ..... Patron
Felicity Jones ..... Edmée
Iben Hjejle ..... Marie Laure
Alain Churin ..... Priest
Bette Bourne ..... Baronne
Nichola McAuliffe ..... Madame Aldonza
Andras Hamori ..... Silver Haired Industrialist
Gaye Brown ..... Lili

Synopsis:

During France's belle époque before World War I, elegant cars, mansions, and servants defined the lives of les grandes horizontals, the courtesans of kings and millionaires. One of the most successful, Lea de Lonval, is approaching a certain age when an older associate, Charlotte Peloux, asks Lea to take on her 19 year old son, whom Lea has called Chéri since he was a child. They become lovers and, to their surprise, the relationship lasts six years. When it ends abruptly with a marriage his mother arranges to the daughter of another courtesan, Lea finds herself miserable. Has she fallen in love? If so, do she -- and Chéri - have any choices?

In Paris, in the early 20th century, young Fred Peloux, nicknamed Chéri, the handsome son of Charlotte Peloux, a former demimondaine, lives in the small circle of his mother's friends, all high class prostitutes past their best. He has an affair with Léonie Vallon, publicly known as Léa de Lonval, a waning beauty, who loves him both as a mistress and a mother. But, after six years spent together, the age difference takes its toll on their union. To please his mother, Chéri accepts to marry young Edmée, the only of Marie-Laure, a rich courtesan's daughter, without actually caring for her. After a while, the young man tries to return to Léa.

In 1920s Paris, a the young son (Friend) of a wealthy courtesan is educated in the ways of love by a middle-aged friend of the man's mother. When he is forced to give up the six-year relationship after marrying someone else, the young man can't forget her and retreats into a fantasy world.

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