Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012 film)

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Thérèse Desqueyroux
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Directed by	Claude Miller
Screenplay by	Claude Miller Natalie Carter
Based on	Thérèse Desqueyroux by François Mauriac
Produced by	Yves Marmion
Starring	Audrey Tautou Gilles Lellouche
Cinematography	Gérard de Battista
Edited by	Véronique Lange
Production companies	Les Films du 24 UGC Images TF1 Droits Audiovisuels France 3 Cinéma Cool Industrie
Distributed by	UGC
Release dates	27 May 2012 (2012-05-27) (Cannes) 21 November 2012 (2012-11-21) (France)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$11.7 million^[1]
Box office	$4.4 million^[2]

Thérèse Desqueyroux is a 2012 French drama film directed by Claude Miller, based on the 1927 novel of the same name by François Mauriac. The film stars Audrey Tautou and Gilles Lellouche. It closed the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened out of competition.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plot

In the south-west of France, in the late 1920s, Thérèse Laroque agrees to a marriage of convenience between wealthy families by marrying Bernard Desqueyroux, a bourgeois landowner. They then settle on his family's property, located in a vast area stretching over acres of pine forests. Bernard is a local man with a passion for hunting and defending the family traditions with conviction. However, Thérèse is quickly stifled by the monotony of her married life. She gives birth to a daughter (Marie), but her boredom seems to grow every day; she is looking "somewhere else". Bernard suffers from an unspecified condition for which he is prescribed arsenic. Thérèse takes the opportunity to attempt to poison her husband, but in forging a prescription, she is discovered. In addition to being dishonored by her own family, she is disowned by her husband's. She faces justice for the alleged murder attempt until her husband and in-laws, who intend to keep up appearances within their provincial society, make up their own version of what happened. The case is dismissed and Thérèse is confined to the house. Eventually she is allowed to leave and live in Paris on the understanding that she will only return for weddings and funerals.

Cast

Audrey Tautou as Thérèse Desqueyroux
Gilles Lellouche as Bernard Desqueyroux
Anaïs Demoustier as Anne de la Trave
Catherine Arditi as Madame de la Trave
Isabelle Sadoyan as Aunt Clara
Stanley Weber as Jean Azevedo
Francis Perrin as Monsieur Larroque
Yves Jacques as Lawyer
Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi as Therese Larroque

References

^ "Thérèse Desqueyroux (Thérèse) (2012)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "Thérèse (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ Shoard, Catherine (19 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Haneke v Audiard, but no shows from Malick or PT Anderson". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ "Claude Miller's last film to close the Festival de Cannes". 18 April 2012.

External links

Thérèse Desqueyroux at IMDb

Films directed by Claude Miller

The Best Way to Walk (1976)
This Sweet Sickness (1977)
Garde à Vue (1981)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
An Impudent Girl (1985)
The Little Thief (1988)
The Accompanist (1992)
Le Sourire (1994)
Class Trip (1998)
Of Woman and Magic (2000)
Alias Betty (2001)
Little Lili (2003)
A Secret (2007)
Marching Band (2009)
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
See How They Dance (2010)
Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)

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