Wednesday March 6th 2013
France 2009  111 minutes
Director: Stephane Brize
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Aure Atika.

This elegant Cesar-winning film…which has overtones of Brief Encounter…is set in modern-day provincial France. Jean, a quiet hard-working builder, lives contentedly with his wife Anne-Marie, a factory worker, and their son Jeremy. By chance, Jean meets his son’s new teacher, Veronique Chambon, and is increasingly attracted by the glimpses of the wider and more cultured world she represents. The rupture threatening Jean’s family is brought to a climax when ‘Mademoiselle Chambon’ is posted to another school in a different part of France. Will she be going alone?