Leaving

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  • Opened October 1, 2010 (Limited 10/1)
  • 1 hr 25 min
  • NR

  • With her idle bourgeois lifestyle getting her down, well-to-do mother Suzanne goes back to work as a physiotherapist in the south of France. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room in their backyard but when Suzanne and the man hired to do the building work meet, their mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne must then decide whether to give up everything and live this all engulfing passion to the fullest.
    Note: This film is presented in French with English subtitles. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi López, Yvan Attal, Bernard Blancan, Aladin Reibel, Alexandre Vidal, Daisy Broom
  • Director: Catherine Corsini
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama, Romance

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75
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Joe Williams

In the infidelity drama Leaving, British reserve gets overtaken by French passion, and the subsequent events have the horrific momentum of a slow-motion car crash. Read full review

75
New York Observer
| Rex Reed

Kristin Scott Thomas breathes new life into a woman who was invented by Flaubert and copied by Francoise Sagan. Read full review

75
New York Post
| V.A. Musetto

The plot isn't a new one (remember Lady Chatterley?), but Corsini gives it a few twists and turns that keep matters fresh and suspenseful. Read full review

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

There have been many adultery movies over the years, but Leaving has some aspects that make it different and interesting. Read full review

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Kristin Scott Thomas as Suzanne in "Leaving."