Fresh
A heartbreaking, ambiguous twist on 'Brief Encounter', railway station finale and all. Take hankies.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Mademoiselle Chambon
2009 · 1h 41m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Stéphane Brizé
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Mademoiselle Chambon
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Stéphane Brizé Director
- Vincent Lindon as Jean
- Sandrine Kiberlain as Véronique Chambon
- Aure Atika as Anne-marie
- Jean-Marc Thibault as le père
- Bruno Lochet as un collègue de Jean
- Abdellah Moundy as Collègue de Jean 2
- Michelle Goddet as La directrice de l'école
- Anne Houdy as La commerciale des pompes funèbres
- Florence Hautier as Soeur de Jean 1
- Geneviève Mnich Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A charmingly direct film of simple contrasts about the difficulty of change.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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
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
Fresh
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
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