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Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)

Thérèse Desqueyroux poster
Directed by
Claude Miller
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 114 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1920s France, a young woman marries into a wealthy provincial family but feels trapped in her stifling marriage. She takes drastic action to escape her unhappy life.

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What happens

Thérèse Desqueyroux is a 2012 French drama film directed by Claude Miller, based on the 1927 novel of the same name by François Mauriac. The film stars Audrey Tautou and Gilles Lellouche. It closed the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened out of competition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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