Rent Nelly and Mr Arnaud (1995)
3.7 of 5 from 78 ratings
1h 42min
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- Synopsis:
Struggling to pay off mounting debts Nelly meets Mr Arnaud a retired judge 40 years her senior who offers to clear her bills. She reluctantly accepts his offer and decides to leave her lazy unemployed husband for good. Nelly then takes a job with Arnaud typing up his memoirs and gradually their friendship grows into a barely acknowledged intimacy. Mr Arnaud is captivated by Nelly's beauty and becomes jealous when she begins dating his young good-looking publisher (Anglade). Nelly must choose between financial security and true happiness... Full of charismatic, heart-wrenching performances from Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault and Jean-Hugues Anglade, this is an elegant and unusual love story. - Actors:
- Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Claire Nadeau, Françoise Brion, Michèle Laroque, Michael Lonsdale, Charles Berling, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Michel Albertini, Coraly Zahonero, Graziella Delerm, Olivier Pajot, Alexandre Chappuis, Karine Foviau
- Directors:
- Claude Sautet
- Writers:
- Jacques Fieschi, Claude Sautet
- Studio:
- Pathe
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top Films
- Countries:
- France
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See it - Nelly and Mr Arnaud review by SB
In his review of this, Roger Ebert said 'Nelly is one of those women who is so beautiful that everything she does is about her beauty'. That is perhaps unfair both to the character and to Emmanuelle Beart who plays her, for the film is really about the way different men try, and fail, to find what is in Nelly's heart. Their approaches to this task vary, but in the end none really succeeds. On the way, there is a typical French dance of intellect and desire, set in a better but not flashy part of Paris. Each scene is well constructed and beautifully acted, with as much unsaid as said. This is a gem of a film.
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