Gabrielle (2005 film)
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75% Rotten Tomatoes 79% Metacritic Genre Drama, Romance Country France | 6.3/10 IMDb 2.2/5 AlloCine 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
Jean Harvey and his wife Gabrielle are renowned within Paris' haute bourgeoisie for the salons they host each Thursday evening.
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."
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.
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.
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Reception
Gabrielle was placed at 89 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.
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