LES BRODEUSES
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Director:
Eléonore Faucher
Screenplay: Eléonore Faucher and Gaëlle
Macé
Cast:
Claire: Lola Neymark
Mme Melikian: Ariane Ascaride
Lucile: Marie Felix
Guillaume: Thomas Laroppe
Thomas: Arthur Quehen
Awards:
Critics’ Week Grand Prix, SACD’s Screenwriters
Award, Cannes Film Festival (2004)
Running time: 88'
Year of production: France - 2004
Rating: Not rated (general public)
Gauge: 35mm (color)
Distributor: New Yorker Films
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“”Sequins”
is one of those films that deals with the relationship
between two people with utmost delicacy, like a precious
material to be handled carefully.”
Florence Columbani, Le Monde |
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Since she
moved out of her parents’ farm, seventeen-year-old Claire
Moutiers is doing quite well. A cashier’s job helps
her pay the bills and leaves her enough time to pursue her
passion: embroidery. She exchanges the cabbage heads she steals
from her parents’ garden with the precious rabbit skins
she needs for her art. Her new life is jeopardized when she
learns that she is pregnant. She wants to conceal the pregnancy
from her family and co-workers which is a difficult thing
to do in a small town. Claire quits her job and intends to
give birth in secret. She learns that her best friend’s
brother recently had a motorcycle accident that killed the
son of Mrs. Melikian, a designer of haute couture embroideries.
Mrs. Melikian hires Claire on a temporary basis and she is
quick to discover that Claire is pregnant. However, the two
women develop an unspoken understanding and Claire can depend
on her to keep her secret. Day by day, stitch by stitch, Claire’s
belly grows and the friendship between the two women strengthens,
creating a filial bond between them. Claire becomes a more
skilled embroiderer and prepares for the arrival of her baby.
With Claire at her side, Mrs. Melikian comes to terms with
her loss. The direction, photography, sound and music contribute
to the lyricism and dream-like quality of Eléonor Faucher’s
first feature film.
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