Mademoiselle (2001)

Claire (Sandrine Bonnaire) is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life.She has a husband, two children, and a certain happiness. Pierre (Gamblin) is an improviser that lives from hand to mouth by entertaining at seminars and company conventions with two colleagues. The paths of Claire and Pierre cross. For 24 hours, they brush against each other, sniff each other out, talk to each other. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not, who can say?

All i have to say...

By San Fran chornical

DvD review

It's a subtle, heartfelt film of a kind we don't make in this country. The release is especially welcome in that it adds another Sandrine Bonnaire title into circulation. She plays a married sales executive who meets a group of wedding entertainers while on a business trip. Circumstances keep preventing them from separating, and so, during the course of a day, she and an actor (Jacques Gamblin) find themselves becoming increasing drawn to each other. The emotional dynamics are subtle and complicated. The film is about romance, but elements of class come into play as well. There's a small but telling moment, unlike anything you'd see in a Hollywood film, in which the woman, after calling for the evening train schedule, corrects herself and asks for the morning schedule. In doing so, she's the one who decides to spend the night with the man, just as she - despite her easygoing cheer and his masculine sullenness - is truly in control all along. "Mademoiselle" is only 85 minutes long, but it's a full meal that tells a complete, emotionally rich story, in which love is the ultimate education. The film was never released in the United States and was never shown at a film festival. At least we can see it this way.

here is the link for more info:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/25/PKV0104MFU.DTL&hw=mick+lasalle&sn=013&sc=274
June 18, 2008

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