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Sylvie Verheyde (story)
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2001 (France) more
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A lonely wife secretly starts an affair with a female dance teacher, at the distress of her husband. full summary | add synopsis
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A Love Story and the Conflicts of Sexuality more (6 total)

Cast

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Hélène Fillières ... Jeanne
Raffaëla Anderson ... Marie
Anthony Delon ... David
Jeannick Gravelines ... Franck
William Wayolle ... Louis
Karole Rocher ... Eloïse
Thierno Sy ... Moïse
Roselyne Delpuech ... La mère
Thierry Nzeutem ... L'athlète
Francine Robillard ... La patiente
Mathias Thibérioz ... Mec discothèque 1
Riton Liebman ... Mec discothèque 2
Léo Drif ... Le videur
Knzo ... Le danseur (as K'n'zo)
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Also Known As:
A Woman's Love (USA) (festival title)
Un amour de femme (France) (DVD title)
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89 min
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Color (Fujicolor) | Color
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A Love Story and the Conflicts of Sexuality, 7 March 2006
8/10
Author: gradyharp from United States

AMOUR DE FEMME is a well-produced film that deals with the trials and agonies facing women who come out as lesbians. It is quiet, subtle, beautifully photographed, and is fortunate to have a fine, handsome cast directed with sensitivity by Sylvie Verheyde who also wrote the simple but elegant screenplay.Made in 2001 AMOUR DE FEMME came to the screen before the popular US television series THE L WORD, a program that has provided a healthier look at same sex relationships between women, and though there have been successful mainstream lesbian films, this particular one avoids some of the pitfalls that have prevented wide public acceptance of the others. The writer/director does not surround her two main characters with the usual bar scenes and peripheral characters that can distract from the story of a sexual discovery, but instead keeps the story tight with a small cast each of whom makes an impact on the story.

Jeanne (Hélène Fillières) is a successful osteopath/wife/mother who happens to reluctantly accompany her handsome husband David (Anthony Delon) to a birthday party for his best friend Franck (Jeannick Gravelines) and there she encounters Marie (Raffaëla Anderson), a dancer, and a chemistry develops resulting in an evening Jeanne enjoys very much. Slowly Jeanne and Marie begin meeting very openly, Jeanne is honest with David about her comings and goings, but when the two women's relationship becomes physical, Jeanne is faced with decisions about her sexuality. David confronts Jeanne about Marie, Jeanne confides her shaky mental and physical state, and when David eventually confronts Jeanne in a telling way, Jeanne understands her true self and despite her deep love for her small child, realizes she must follow her heart.

The cinematography both in Paris and in Normandy, where Jeanne and Marie with Marie's younger brother Moïse (Thierno Sy) have spent refreshing moments together, is stunning. Both of the actresses are not only beautiful but also talented and yield a credible attraction and passion. The entire cast is superb. The one distracting element in the film is the sound track: there is a rumbling pedal point noise that accompanies almost every scene between Jeanne and Marie and is annoyingly distracting. In French with English subtitles. The DVD is very fine in execution, but there are not extras except for some video trailers. A comment from the talented writer/director would have enhanced the release. Recommended. Grady Harp, March 06

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