Fresh
Feels like one idea stretched into a modest, colorful display. But what a sweet display it is.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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A Common Thread
Overview
French drama, the debut film from writer-director Eléonore Faucher. Teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) discovers she is pregnant and decides to keep it a secret. Abandoning her dead-end supermarket job, she is taken on as an apprentice by couturiere Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), who is grieving over the death of her own child. As the two women work together, they soon develop a supportive and fam
Director and cast
- Éléonore Faucher Director
- Lola Naymark as Claire Moutiers
- Marie Félix as Lucile
- Thomas Laroppe as Guillaume
- Arthur Quehen as Thomas
- Élisabeth Commelin as Mme. Moutiers
- Christophe Hatey as Butcher
- François Noël as Bike Guy
- Yasmine Modestine as Nurse
- Annie-Claude Sauton as Baker
- Nathalie Kirzin as Round Woman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Becomes a quiet tribute to friendship, and to the way that something torn can be made perfect again.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Eleonore Faucher's quietly assured debut is a lovely, almost painfully intimate story of female bonding that never panders to its characters or its audience.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
Eleonore Faucher, first-time director (and co-writer) of the French charmer Sequins, is well aware of Neymark's allure and sees to it that the young woman is seldom out of the frame.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
In this decorous trifle from France, the director Eleonore Faucher builds her story with studied deliberation and piece by precious piece.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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