Opened October 1, 2010 (Limited 10/1) | Runtime:1 hr. 25 min.
NR
With her idle bourgeois lifestyle getting her down, well-to-do mother Suzanne goes back to work as a physiotherapist in the south of France. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room in their backyard but when Suzanne and the man hired to do the building work meet, their mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne must then decide whether to give up everything and live this all engulfing passion to the fullest. Note: This film is presented in French with English subtitles.
Foreign films have always held a certain magic when it came to creating films that may portray an overused premise. In this case, the themes of infidelity have been used so many times, as to how a woman would fall into this trap, why a woman falls into the arms of another man and what happens after a husband finds out about the betrayal. The French film “Leaving” (a.k.a. “Partir”, 2009) is one such film that brings forth this very overused premise. The direction by Catherine … more