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Chéri

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 26m
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6.1/10
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Michelle Pfeiffer in Chéri (2009)
A romantic drama set in 1920s Paris, where the son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
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The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
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11K
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    • Stephen Frears
    • Christopher Hampton
    • Colette(novels "Chéri" and "The Last of Chéri")
  • Stars
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Rupert Friend
    • Kathy Bates
    • Stephen Frears
    • Christopher Hampton
    • Colette(novels "Chéri" and "The Last of Chéri")
  • Stars
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Rupert Friend
    • Kathy Bates
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 45User reviews
    • 141Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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    Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend in Chéri (2009)
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    Iben Hjejle, Felicity Jones, and Rupert Friend in Chéri (2009)
    Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathy Bates in Chéri (2009)
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    Michelle Pfeiffer
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Lea
    Rupert Friend
    Rupert Friend
    • Chéri
    Kathy Bates
    Kathy Bates
    • Madame Peloux
    Frances Tomelty
    Frances Tomelty
    • Rose
    Tom Burke
    Tom Burke
    • Vicomte Desmond
    Hubert Tellegen
    • Ernest
    Joe Sheridan
    Joe Sheridan
    • Marcel
    Toby Kebbell
    Toby Kebbell
    • Patron
    Felicity Jones
    Felicity Jones
    • Edmée
    Iben Hjejle
    Iben Hjejle
    • Marie Laure
    Alain Churin
    • Priest
    Bette Bourne
    Bette Bourne
    • Baronne
    Nichola McAuliffe
    Nichola McAuliffe
    • Madame Aldonza
    Andras Hamori
    • Silver Haired Industrialist
    Gaye Brown
    Gaye Brown
    • Lili
    Rollo Weeks
    Rollo Weeks
    • Guido
    Jack Walker
    • Monsieur Roland
    Natasha Cashman
    Natasha Cashman
    • Madame Roland
      • Stephen Frears
      • Christopher Hampton
      • Colette(novels "Chéri" and "The Last of Chéri")
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    • Trivia
      When the project was in development during the 1990s, Jessica Lange planned to star as Léa de Lonval.
    • Goofs
      In the closing credits, 'thanks' are given to France's national railway, the Societe National Chemin de Fer, known as the "SNCF". However the credits have the letters out of sequence, calling it the "SCNF".
    • Quotes

      Lea de Lonval: I'm probably making a fool of myself... but then again, why not? Life is short!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Observe & Report/Gigantic/Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

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    8/10
    A beautiful slice of La Belle Epoque
    One of the delights of this film is the lushness and perfection of the sets and costumes of the Belle Époque (c. 1890-1914). The sets and costumes are so gorgeous they threaten to overwhelm the actors. Threaten, but don't succeed. Michelle Pfeiffer is sensual and beautiful as the aging courtesan Lea—a woman approaching a "certain age," as the narrator (Stephen Frears) informs us. Lea has known the love and admiration of the wealthiest men in Europe, many of them titled. She has been wise to keep her heart out of her affairs. Then Fred, ("Cheri") the son of another courtesan (Kathy Bates) enters Lea's life, and she finds herself caring for the aimless but charming young man more than she should.

    Kathy Bates is wonderful as Madame Peloux, a former competitor of Lea's—a woman who, if you squint hard (and catch the "portrait" of a younger Peloux) you can imagine having a gamine charm years before. Bates' acting moves effortlessly from laughing delightedly at smutty gossip to quickly assuming the pouting self-righteous expression of a disapproving mama as she discusses her son. From former courtesan to bourgeois matron in the blink of an eye. Bates carries this quick switch act off several times in the movie, and it's a pleasure to watch her skill at these rapid changes. The sets and costumes of Mme. Peloux, heavy 2nd Empire furnishings, stiff wired dressed with bustles, are beautifully contrasted with Lea's lighter look—slender, graceful, light. The clothes each character wears, and the styles of their respective homes, gives some subtext to the story. Mme. Peloux, a bit older than Lea, had her taste formed in an era of overdone stuffy pretentiousness, while Lea, a bit younger, has embraced the airy beauty of Art Nouveau.

    The stultifying life of aging and former courtesans is well-depicted—unwelcome in respectable society they have to fall back on each other's company. Former competitors, they still can't help sniping at one another. Lea, as one of the youngest of the group, moves like a sylph among the faded charms of her cohort. One amazing scene: Among a bower of faded courtesans, one of them, a busty brassy red-head, cuddles and squeals like a teenager as she introduces her lover, a young man who's the son of one this woman's "official lovers." As she overwhelms the rather weedy young man with her caresses, the viewer can see Lea's discomfort—seeing the loud red-head and her boy lover seems like seeing a grotesque mockery of herself and Cheri.

    Cheri, the title character, is played by Rupert Friend (Prince Albert in "The Young Victoria," and Mr. Wickham in the 2005 version of "Pride and Prejudice"). He's a young man who has only two responsibilities: marry, and manage the large amount of money his mother settles on him at his marriage. He's a young man without purpose, but finds love with Lea. What starts as a light-hearted affair turns into a relationship both Cheri and Lea need more than they realized. Lea and Cheri's affair ends—as does the wonderful era depicted in this gorgeous movie. The war ends Lea and Cheri's world. The 20th century starts with bleakness and hardness after the golden afternoon of La Belle Époque. We are indebted to Collette and Stephen Frears for showing us the loveliness, and even the artful decadence, of that time, and we are indebted to the talented cast for giving life to the "demi-monde" ("half-world") of that era.
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    • Release date
      • July 17, 2009 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Germany
      • English
      • French
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      • Italian
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      • Restaurant Maxim's, 3 rue Royale, Paris 8, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Bill Kenwright Films
      • Pathé
      • UK Film Council
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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
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