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Mademoiselle Chambon

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 41m
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Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and work starts to falter.
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Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate... Read allJean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and work starts to falter.Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and work starts to falter.
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2.9K
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    • Stéphane Brizé
    • Stéphane Brizé(scenario)
    • Florence Vignon(scenario)
    • Eric Holder(novel)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Aure Atika
    • Stéphane Brizé
    • Stéphane Brizé(scenario)
    • Florence Vignon(scenario)
    • Eric Holder(novel)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Aure Atika
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    • 27User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
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    Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon in Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
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    Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon in Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
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    Vincent Lindon
    Vincent Lindon
    • Jean
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Véronique Chambon
    Aure Atika
    Aure Atika
    • Anne-Marie
    Jean-Marc Thibault
    Jean-Marc Thibault
    • Le père de Jean
    Arthur Le Houérou
    • Jérémy
    Bruno Lochet
    Bruno Lochet
    • Collègue de Jean 1
    Abdellah Moundy
    • Collègue de Jean 2
    • (as Abdallah Moundy)
    Michelle Goddet
    • La directrice de l'école
    Anne Houdy
    • La commerciale des pompes funèbres
    Geneviève Mnich
    • La mère de Véronique
    • (voice)
    Florence Hautier
    • Soeur de Jean 1
    Jocelyne Monier
    • Soeur de Jean 2
    Jean-François Malet
    • Le beau-frère
    Maxence Lavergne
    • Elève classe de Jérémy
    Philomène Pagnier
    • Elève classe de Jérémy
    Chloé Brun
    • Elève classe de Jérémy
    Nora Guernoun
    • Elève classe de Jérémy
    Thomas Mignot
    • Elève classe de Jérémy
      • Stéphane Brizé
      • Stéphane Brizé(scenario)
      • Florence Vignon(scenario)
      • Eric Holder(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain were a couple between 1993 and 2003. They have a daughter, Suzanne.
    • Soundtracks
      Septembre (Quel Joli Temps)
      Music by Barbara

      Lyrics by Sophie Makhno

      Performed by Barbara

    User reviews27

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    9/10
    Subtle and credible romance of ordinary people
    This is a slow film, and I find certain takes to be unnecessarily long. For example, the opening scene with Jean, the male lead, noisily working with his jackhammer can be shortened with no impact to the story telling.

    However, this will be all the fault-finding I can do. The acting from the three lead actors is great and the music, though sparse, is appropriate. Jean is a quiet, responsible blue collar worker who takes care of this wife and son, and shows great love for his ageing father whose feet he often washed with care and tenderness. He is a simple person and a good human being. In fact, there are no bad characters in this film. What it is about are choices in life, and there are no right or wrong choices here.

    When fate brought Jean to his son's teacher, Veronique, who gives him a taste of another world he had no previous exposure to, he was enchanted. And this enchantment transforms itself to a fierce love for her which is all consuming. Jean is shy, and looks down to the ground most of the time. So moments of intimacy are subtle and subdued. But you can feels the intensity of Jean's feeling and what it does to his mind.

    In the end he has to make a choice: the love of his life or his responsibility to his wife, son, and ageing father, all of which he care about. No easy and simple decision here. And it will be difficult to predict what we will do when we are in his position, knowing that either way there will be no happy ending for all.

    But, hey, such is life. One can argue the very confrontation of this choice makes life worth living. This is simply a great romance story of very real, ordinary people told without fanfare. A great French cinema experience in my opinion.
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    • Jan 25, 2012

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    • Release date
      • May 28, 2010 (United States)
      • France
      • Rezo Films (France)
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • Pertuis, Vaucluse, France
    • Production companies
      • TS Productions
      • F Comme Film
      • Arte France Cinéma
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
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