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NATHALIE |
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Director:
Anne Fontaine
Screenplay:
Philippe Blasband
Jacques Fieschi
Anne Fontaine
Cast:
Catherine: Fanny Ardant
Marlène/Nathalie: Emmanuelle Béart
Bernard: Gérard Depardieu
Running time: 105’
Production: France / Spain, 2003
Rating: Not Rated
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
Distributor:
Koch Lorber Films
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“As
a rather naughty slice of erotica it [‘Nathalie’]
works brilliantly, with Ardant and Béart making
a fascinating partnership. ‘Nathalie’ plays
around the edges of sexual explicitness by describing
rather than showing.”
Jamie Russell, BBC |
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Catherine
is an attractive bourgeois woman with a successful career
and a seemingly solid marriage to Bernard, her husband of
25 years. Their lives seem to be going well until Catherine
discovers that Bernard is having an affair. Rather than seeking
revenge, she hires Marlène, a prostitute, to sleep
with Bernard in order to discover his sexual fantasies and
desires. What begins is a mesmerizing relationship between
two women. Catherine wants to know the most intimate details
and Marlène provides her with regular reports. In turn,
Catherine dictates what Marlène should or should not
do with Bernard. Expecting to be in control of the situation,
Catherine finds out that she is less in charge than she thought.
A woman’s take on a classic love triangle, Nathalie
is a film about desire, fantasy, manipulation, and suspense.
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