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- 2013
- MPI Media Group
- 1 h 50 m
- 2013
- MPI Media Group
- 1 h 50 m
Summary This adaptation of François Mauriac's 1927 novel tells the story of an unhappily married woman struggling to break free from social norms.
Directed By: Claude Miller
Written By: François Mauriac, Natalie Carter, Claude Miller
- 2013
- MPI Media Group
- 1 h 50 m
- 2013
- MPI Media Group
- 1 h 50 m
Thérèse
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6.2
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Summary This adaptation of François Mauriac's 1927 novel tells the story of an unhappily married woman struggling to break free from social norms.
Directed By: Claude Miller
Written By: François Mauriac, Natalie Carter, Claude Miller
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
80% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
49
20% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
80% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Audrey Tautou trades in Amelie’s wide-eyed sprite look for le sourpuss in this sober yet fascinating take on aristocratic social mores between the wars.
While there's a certain staid feeling to the production, it does deliver a solid working-over to the era's gentry.
With the exception of one heartbreaking and well-acted scene towards the end of the movie, the atmosphere is oppressive and the characters act as if their personalities have been shot with novocaine.
Thérèse never goes beyond that level of psychological complexity because after a point, Miller and Carter aren't interested in exploring the murky depths of Thérèse 's feelings.
Mauriac’s portrait of a society obsessed with family honor and the appearance of propriety at all costs comes through strongly, but that can’t entirely compensate for a character study with a hard-working vacuum at its center. Like Keanu Reeves, Tautou requires a perfect fit; when she tries to stretch, she gets stranded.
[Thérèse] is not the nuanced period drama it should be but is rather more like a banal, pseudo-thoughtful and monotonous episode of Masterpiece Theater.
Mr. Miller’s stolid approach — with its waxwork figures, postcard beauty, insistent tastefulness and glaze of politesse — feels far too comfortably of this world to mount a critique of it.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
6.2
44% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
6.2
44% Positive
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44% Mixed
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Production Company
Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC),
Les films du 24,
France 3 Cinéma,
TF1 Droits Audiovisuels,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
France Télévisions,
Sofica UGC 1,
Soficinéma 8,
La Banque Postale Images 5,
Cofinova 7,
Région Aquitaine,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep),
Cool Industrie,
UGC Images
Release Date Aug 23, 2013
Duration 1 h 50 m
Genres
Tagline The fate of a woman.
Awards
CinEuphoria Awards
• 3 Nominations
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
