Gabrielle (2005 film)
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75% Rotten Tomatoes 79% Metacritic Genre Drama, Romance Country France | 6.3/10 2.2/5 Director Patrice Chereau Initial DVD release December 19, 2006 Duration Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28) Cast (Gabrielle Hervey), (Jean Hervey), Claudia Coli (Yvonne), (le rédacteur en chef), (Madeleine), Thierry Fortineau (un invité)Similar movies Related Patrice Chereau movies |
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Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.
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Plot
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Jean Harvey and his wife Gabrielle are renowned within Paris' haute bourgeoisie for the salons they host each Thursday evening.
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Jean and Gabrielle live a comfortable yet regimented life in a well-appointed Paris mansion, assisted by a retinue of devoted servants. Yet their marriage is more of a contract than a relationship. Jean confides to the audience that he loves Gabrielle "as a collector loves his most prized object."
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On their 10th anniversary, Jean comes home to find a note from Gabrielle in which she writes that within the hour she will have left to meet her lover.
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Jean spends several minutes digesting the meaning of the note. Gabrielle returns shortly, though, and Jean and Gabrielle reflect on their marriage for the remainder of the film.
Cast
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Reception
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Gabrielle was placed at 89 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.
Accolades
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References
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