La tourneuse de pages (2006)

Director:

Denis Dercourt

Writers:

Denis Dercourt (scenario and dialogue)
Jacques Sotty (collaboration)

Release Date:

9 August 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Thriller

Tagline:

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Plot:

Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted piano player. That is why her parents...

Plot Keywords:

Piano | Piano Player | Female Nudity | Dysfunctional Family | Stage Fright

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Catherine Frot	...	Ariane
Déborah François	...	Mélanie
Pascal Greggory	...	M. Fouchécourt
Clotilde Mollet	...	Virginie
Xavier De Guillebon	...	Laurent
Christine Citti	...	Mme Prouvost
Jacques Bonnaffé	...	M. Prouvost
Antoine Martynciow	...	Tristan
Julie Richalet	...	Mélanie enfant
Martine Chevallier	...	Mme Onfray
André Marcon	...	M. Werker
Arièle Butaux	...	Présentatrice radio
Michèle Ernou	...	Monique
Danièle Douet	...	Femme autographe
Mark Reed	...	Mc Guerman (as Marc Reed)

Also Known As:

The Page Turner (International: English title)
Turning Pages (Singapore: English title)

Runtime:

USA:85 min | France:85 min | Argentina:85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Australia:PG | Sweden:7 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12

Filming Locations:

Maison de Radio-France, Paris 16, Paris, France

Company:

Diaphana Films

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France # 11609.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Melanie encourages Tristan to learn a specific Bach Prelude as a surprise for his father's return; at the actual concert, he plays something else (a composition for this movie, I believe).

Soundtrack:

Trio op. 67 no 2

Good psychological thriller

I only found out about this film when I checked the Odeon website to see what was showing at the Director's Chair screening on the day. Financed by Film4, this an excellent French psychological thriller on the trauma of childhood twisting a person to revenge. When young Melánie (Déborah Francois) is distracted in a piano audition by Ariane Fouchécourt (Catherine Frot), causing her to fluff her performance, she goes home in tears. Years later, accepting a position as a home help chance would have it that the person she is helping is Ariane... A good character piece with a slow revelation that works like a clockwork toy, unwinding with a twist.