Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012 film)
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Initial DVD release March 21, 2013 (France) Duration Language French | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Story by Francois Mauriac Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 27 May 2012 (2012-05-27) (Cannes)21 November 2012 (2012-11-21) (France) Writer Francois Mauriac (novel), Claude Miller (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Natalie Carter (scenario, adaptation and dialogue) Initial release November 21, 2012 (France) Cast (Thérèse Desqueyroux), (Bernard Desqueyroux), (Anne), (Jean Azevedo), (L\'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux), (Monsieur Larroque) Similar movies Directed by Claude Miller, Audrey Tautou movies, Dramas |
Thérèse Desqueyroux is a 2012 French drama film directed by Claude Miller. It is an adaptation of the François Mauriac novel of the same name, first published in 1927. The last work of Claude Miller, who died in April 2012, this film closed the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened out of competition.
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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 with conviction the family traditions. 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 Therese 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.
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