Overview
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedClaude Miller directs this 2012 French drama about a woman stifled by an unhappy marriage and the suffocating conformity of her comfortable suburban world, who quietly strains against the social expectations confining her. Restrained and psychologically attentive, it studies repression, desire and the slow toll of a life lived for appearances. The mood is somber and interior, attentive to the small rebellions and mounting frustrations beneath a respectable surface. With a MagicMovieScore of 5.8, it will resonate with viewers who appreciate character-focused European drama, period portraits of women constrained by their milieu, and stories of quiet defiance against social pressure.
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Top Cast
Audrey Tautou
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Gilles Lellouche
Bernard Desqueyroux
Anaïs Demoustier
Anne
Stanley Weber
Jean Azevedo
Yves Jacques
L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
Francis Perrin
Monsieur Larroque
Isabelle Sadoyan
Tante Clara
Catherine Arditi
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Movie Info
Release Date
May 27, 2012
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director