Nathalie
6.6 /10 1 Votes
Director Anne Fontaine Initial DVD release May 2, 2006 Duration Language French | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Story by Philippe Blasband Country France
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Release date 11 September 2003 (2003-09-11) (Toronto)
7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) (France)
20 May 2005 (2005-05-20) (Spain) Based on An original idea
by Philippe Blasband Writer Philippe Blasband (original idea), Jacques Fieschi, Anne Fontaine, Francois-Olivier Rousseau Cast Fanny Ardant (Catherine), Emmanuelle Béart (Nathalie / Marlène), Gérard Depardieu (Bernard), Wladimir Yordanoff (François), Judith Magre (la mère de Catherine), Rodolphe Pauly (le fils)Similar movies Directed by Anne Fontaine, Emmanuelle Beart movies, Dramas Tagline Can you ever control another person's sexuality? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nathalie 2003 trailer
Nathalie... is a 2003 French drama film directed by Anne Fontaine, and starring Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, and Gérard Depardieu. The screenplay concerns a woman who discovers that her husband is cheating on her.
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Plot
Catherine discovers that her husband Bernard is cheating on her. She decides to pay Parisian prostitute Nathalie to have an affair with her husband, and report back to her.
Cast
Reception
Nathalie... received generally positive reviews, currently holding a 73% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film holds a 69/100 rating, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Remake
Director Atom Egoyan remade the film in 2009, now entitled Chloe. The film stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried. A reviewer in the New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weizmann) contrasting the original with the remake says Egoyan "Having adapted a film—via Erin Cressida Wilson's screenplay—from an erotic French drama called Nathalie, Egoyan appears convinced that he's creating a suspenseful work of art, rather than a mildly kinky bit of arthouse exploitation." However, in his self-promotion, the director of the remake, Egoyan, described Chloe as more erotically charged than Nathalie...
References
Nathalie... WikipediaNathalie... IMDb Nathalie... themoviedb.org