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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   2,667 votes
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Director:
Denis Dercourt
Writers:
Denis Dercourt (writer)
Jacques Sotty (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 August 2006 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Thriller more
Tagline:
Revenge is a dish best served cold
Plot:
Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted piano player. That is why her parents... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
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The Page Turner more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Catherine Frot ... Ariane
Déborah François ... Mélanie
Pascal Greggory ... M. Fouchécourt
Clotilde Mollet ... Virginie
Xavier De Guillebon ... Laurent
Christine Citti ... Mme Prouvost
Jacques Bonnaffé ... M. Prouvost
Antoine Martynciow ... Tristan
Julie Richalet ... Mélanie enfant
Martine Chevallier ... Mme Onfray
André Marcon ... M. Werker
Arièle Butaux ... Présentatrice radio
Michèle Ernou ... Monique
Danièle Douet ... Femme autographe
Mark Reed ... Mc Guerman (as Marc Reed)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Page Turner (USA) (festival title)
Turning Pages (Singapore: English title)
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Runtime:
USA:85 min | France:85 min | Argentina:85 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR | DTS
Company:
Diaphana Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Visa d'exploitation en France # 11609. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Melanie encourages Tristan to learn a specific Bach Prelude as a surprise for his father's return; at the actual concert, he plays something else (a composition for this movie, I believe). more

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14 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
The Page Turner, 7 January 2007
7/10
Author: Raj Doctor from Amsterdam, Netherlands

This is a French movie and why I selected to see this movie was because it was running for a long time in Amsterdam. I thought that it must be a good movie. I had seen the trailer earlier and as I do not understand French I found it to be a homely movie. But that was not the case, when I read the reviews before seeing the movie – I understood that it was a thriller.

So I got more interested and went to see it. The usher of the hall – looked like did not expect a colored Asian to come and see this movie – may be she did not see any in its 14 week run in the theatres. So when she saw me – she stopped me to check whether I am entering the right hall or not – and yes I was – I was going to see a French movie – La tourneuse de pages – meaning the turning of pages.

It is a beautifully told story about a young gifted girl who is a very good piano player. She wants to get admission in a music school – but fails at the admission test because one of the lady jury member is arrogant not to give an autograph to her mother, but to show off in front of other jury members – gives autograph to someone in the middle of this girls performance; in turn unintentionally distracting her and loosing her concentration, ending up not being selected. This leaves a deep scarce inside this girl's mind, who abandons playing piano.

The next scene spans after 10 years, when this girl is grown up and is appointed to work in a lawyer's firm. The owner of the firm is the husband of that female jury member because of whom this girl was not able to pursue her interest in music - playing piano. The remaining part of the story is about this young girl's revenge to this lady jury member. The young girl is played by beautiful Deborah Francois – who plays every emotion of the innocent young girl's character with perfect ease and comfort. All the credit to the director Denis Dercourt who uses images to transfer the thoughts going on the character's mind with such ease on screen. The story unfolds – we as audience expecting what are the next thing this girl is going to do? I would not tell the tactic the girl uses – it is really very interesting and people who want to study the portrayal of psychological intent on screen – should study the scenes, characters and the on screen incidents.

At the end of the movie – I was actually waiting for something more to happen and was disappointed that the movie got over so fast. Full credit to the other character of the lady jury member – Catherine Frot – who has displayed a decent, typically wealthy lady's character – by going into the skin of what this elite people do or behave.

Worth watching.

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