Laden with melodramatic clichés, Leaving needed a talented star to succeed -- and Kristin Scott Thomas delivers the goods with another superb performance. Read critic reviews
Leaving
2009, Drama/Romance, 1h 25m
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An unhappily married woman's (Kristin Scott Thomas) affair with an ex-convict (Sergi López) yields dangerous consequences.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Original Language: French (France)
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Director: Catherine Corsini
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Producer: Michel Seydoux, Fabienne Vonier
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Writer: Catherine Corsini, Gaëlle Macé, Catherine Corsini
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Box Office (Gross USA): $174.7K
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Distributor: IFC Films
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I don't quite understand the hate that this film got from users and critics alike. Kristin Scott Thomas has landed in a number of French dramas and this is her best performance. The entire cast actually is excellent at keeping the tension level appropriate leading to a thrilling end.
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Really good!! My take on what happens after the movie: Suzanne gets a good lawyer and recuperates in a mental hospital because she was raped and driven temporarily insane. The lovers get back together, restore the rock house and live happily ever after. Maybe they could make a sequel, and call it, "Coming". --copied from another reviewer, but I thought it was so great that I had to put it here. :)
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One of several European films I've seen this year that has what is essentially a very ordinary story but that is made with such conviction and power that I was left dumbstruck at the end. <i>Leaving</i> unusually has our lead confessing her affair to her husband very early on and the route it takes - the result of that affair - is what propels the story. Admittedly, not a whole lot in terms of plot actually happens until the bleak and very effective final third, but what a final third, with Kristn Scott Thomas simply brilliant as Suzanne. The critic Mark Kermode was right when he said she does "staring into the void" very well; when her happiness is taken away it is written all over her face. Uncomfortable viewing that has stayed with me, but cinema par excellence.
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Unconvincing tale of infidelity from a 'middle-aged' female's perspective which has original elements but I didn't believe the women's choices even given 'armour fou'.
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