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Brodeuses
2004 Drama
Review
With its beautiful photography and introspective performances, Brodeuses
is a captivating work, an impressive first full-length film from Éléonore
Faucher. It is an extraordinarily poignant portrayal of two fragile women
who, through their love of the art of embroidery, form a common bond which renews their
faith in life. The striking artistic sense of the camerawork adds a spiritual dimension
to the film’s earthy, cold realism. Lola Naymark and Ariane Ascaride are extraordinary
as the film’s central characters. With the minimum of dialogue, both actresses manage
to communicate masses of feeling which says so much about what their characters have suffered
and how they view the life they have been given. For such a modest and simple film,
Brodeuses is remarkably effective, filled with
meaning and crafted with immense poetry.
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Director:
Éléonore Faucher
Starring: Lola Naymark, Ariane Ascaride, Marie Félix, Thomas Laroppe, Arthur Quehen Synopsis
Claire is 17 years old, works in a supermarket and lives alone, estranged from her parents.
When she discovers she is pregnant, she has no other option than to give the baby up for
adoption. To hide this fact from prying eyes, she asks a reclusive embroiderer Madame
Melikian to give her a job in her house. The latter is still mourning the loss of
her son, who died in a motorcycle accident. As they work together, the two women
discover a mutual understanding and friendship, which gradually alters Claire’s feelings
towards her pregnancy.
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