Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops and their lives begin gradually to unravel.
Mademoiselle Chambon is about love in midlife, about two souls meeting, and how that can be the most beautiful thing in the world but also the most inconvenient.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
10 Sep 2010
rotten:
Mademoiselle Chambon is moving in spots, but it doesn't stir you the way the best films about heartache do. You feel for these two star-crossed lovers, then forget about them the moment the movie is over.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep 2010
fresh:
One way to think of Mademoiselle Chambon (a chambon is a piece of a horse's halter) is as Brief Encounter as reimagined by Eric Rohmer.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
16 Sep 2010
fresh:
A charmingly direct film of simple contrasts about the difficulty of change.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
29 Oct 2010
fresh:
A heartbreaking, ambiguous twist on 'Brief Encounter', railway station finale and all. Take hankies.