Paris doctor Catherine starts to think her husband, Bernard, is having an affair when she hears an unfamiliar woman's message on his voice mail. Hoping to learn more about his extramarital activities, Catherine heads to a strip club, where she hires call girl Nathalie to have a fling with Gerard. As the affair progresses, Nathalie gives Catherine regular status reports, and the relationship between the women evolves from business to personal.
Nathalie is intricate, provocative, cleanly acted, but it's never entirely convincing -- and never more so than in the table-turning climax.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
11 Apr 2006
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A woman (Fanny Ardant) hires a prostitute (Emmanuelle Béart) to seduce her unfaithful husband (Gérard Depardieu) in Anne Fontaine's seductive and intriguing film.
– Anita Gates,
New York Times,
13 Apr 2006
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Beguiling and surprising.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
14 Apr 2006
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Nathalie... offers compelling food for thought, with a little visual stimulation thrown in on the side.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
14 Apr 2006
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... the conceit works beautifully with the right personalities, talented and uninhibited, engaged in its execution.