Cheri(2009)

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Synopsis

It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The tale begins as the ravishing Lea contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris's most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux, who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19 year-old son a thing or two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over sex, money, age and society -- and unexpectedly, love itself -- as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever.
It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The tale begins as the ravishing Lea contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris's most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her …
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In Theaters

  • June 26, 2009

MPAA Rating

R (for some sexual content and brief drug use)

Genres

Foreign, Romance, Adaptation

Run Time

1 hour 32 minutes

Distributors

Miramax Films

Box Office

$2,708,188

Directors

Stephen Frears

Director

Eliot Mathews

2nd Assistant Director

Felix Baudouin

Co 2nd Assistant Director

CAST

Michelle Pfeiffer

Lea de Lonval

Kathy Bates

Madame Peloux

Rupert Friend

Chéri

Iben Hjejle

Marie-Laure

Anita Pallenberg

La Copine

Harriet Walter

La Loupiote
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