The Page Turner
Drama, Music, Thriller
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2006
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Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes her page turner, waiting patiently for her revenge.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
9 Aug 2006
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$9,259,604
Awards:
7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
This must be what a French movie-of-the-week look like, deemed art here because of the subtitles.
– John Monaghan,
Detroit Free Press,
7 Dec 2007
fresh:
The serving temperature of revenge has seldom been colder, nor the time of preparation longer, than for this gourmet French plat froid from writer-director Denis Dercourt.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
11 May 2007
fresh:
It's a small French delicacy, tart, acerbic and cynical, that focuses on three or four characters and yet manages to bring them and their dilemmas to vivid life.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
3 May 2007
rotten:
The stakes in this story seem too low to justify its audience's attention. If The Page Turner were a novel, it would hardly be a page turner. Why should we hold films to a lower standard?
– Michael Hardy,
Boston Globe,
20 Apr 2007
rotten:
In retrospect it's clear that when the filmmakers had a chance to hammer something they tapped it, instead.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
7 Apr 2007