Leaving
Drama, Romance
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2009
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A bourgeois housewife, planning to go back to work as a physiotherapist after having devoted 20 years to her husband and two children, has her comfortable, elegant life turned upside down when she falls for a Spanish builder and begins a runaway affair.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
12 Aug 2009
Country:
FR
Languages:
Catalan, French, English
Budget:
$7,600,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
If Leaving is a romantic parable, it is a dark and depressing one, emphasizing not the sensuality of attraction but rather the obsessive side of romantic behavior. This is mad love for sure, and that is not usually a pretty picture.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb 2011
rotten:
The only reason to see "Leaving'' - and it's not a bad reason at all - is for the sight of Kristin Scott Thomas in a rare happy mood.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
13 Jan 2011
fresh:
As Suzanne's stair-stepping recklessness leads ever downward, from secret rendezvous to public humiliations to thievery and worse, "Leaving" trades sympathy for surprise.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
17 Dec 2010
rotten:
If "Leaving" is a story of a broken marriage, what, exactly, went wrong?
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
17 Dec 2010
fresh:
This is one of those films that depends entirely on its star, and Thomas mixes sexuality, giddy flirtatiousness, stoic determination and agony in just the right amounts, without ever straining.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
3 Dec 2010