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CHERI (Past Film)
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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2008 (Debut)
  • AFM 2008 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2009 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2009 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2008

Director(s) : Stephen FREARS
Writer(s) : Christopher HAMPTON
Cast : Felicity JONES, Kathy BATES, Michelle PFEIFFER, Rupert FRIEND

Producer(s) : Bill KENWRIGHT, Tracey SEAWARD

Synopsis

Set in the Luxurious demi-monde of pre First World War Paris, Chéri is the story of the love affair between the beautiful retired courtesan Léa (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Chéri (Rupert Friendp the son of her old colleague and rival, Mme Pelous (Kathy Bates). Léa has educated the spoilt and callow boy in the ways of love, but after six years Mme Peloux has secretyl arranged éa marriage between Chéri and Edmée (Felicity Jones) daughter of another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Léa and Chéri try to come to terms with their imminent separation, but the roots of their life of ease and pleasure reach deeper than even they imagine and they begin to understand, too late, how much their mean to one another.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

ARGENTINA CDI FILMS
BELGIUM LUMIÈRE (GHENT)
DENMARK NORDISK FILM A/
DENMARK NORDISK FILM BI
ESTONIA TALLINNFILM
GERMANY Aug 27, 2009 PROKINO FILMVER
GREECE AUDIO VISUAL EN
HUNGARY Dec 03, 2009 BUDAPEST FILM
JAPAN CETERA INTERNAT
JAPAN TOKYU BUNKAMURA
NETHERLAND LUMIÈRE (AMSTER
NETHERLAND Apr 10, 2009 BENELUX FILM DI
POLAND Aug 01, 2010 VISION FILM SP.
PORTUGAL Sep 24, 2009 CASTELLO LOPES
SPAIN Jan 29, 2010 CINES RENOIR
SWEDEN MAYWIN MEDIA AB
TURKEY BIR FILM
UNITED ARA SHOOTING STARS

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