Leaving

Name: Leaving
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: October 1, 2010
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi López, Yvan Attal

2010

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IFC Films | Release Date: October 1, 2010

Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi López, Yvan Attal

Summary: Suzanne is the bourgeois wife of a successful doctor, Samuel, living together with their children in the south of France. Weighted down by a thrill-less lifestyle and a stale marriage, Suzanne falls for the handsome young Ivan, an immigrant ex-con working on their property. Their affair is passionate, but Suzanne is wracked by guilt. WhenSuzanne is the bourgeois wife of a successful doctor, Samuel, living together with their children in the south of France. Weighted down by a thrill-less lifestyle and a stale marriage, Suzanne falls for the handsome young Ivan, an immigrant ex-con working on their property. Their affair is passionate, but Suzanne is wracked by guilt. When she confesses to her husband, his retaliation begins an ugly turn of events. (IFC Films)… Expand

Director: Catherine Corsini

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Runtime: 85 min

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Joe Williams

Dec 17, 2010

In the infidelity drama Leaving, British reserve gets overtaken by French passion, and the subsequent events have the horrific momentum of a slow-motion car crash. Read full review

Rex Reed

Kristin Scott Thomas breathes new life into a woman who was invented by Flaubert and copied by Francoise Sagan. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Oct 28, 2010

There have been many adultery movies over the years, but Leaving has some aspects that make it different and interesting. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

If Leaving is a romantic parable, it is a dark and depressing one, emphasizing not the sensuality of attraction but rather the obsessive side of romantic behavior. This is mad love for sure, and that is not usually a pretty picture. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Tightly wound and crafted, with robust performances by Kristin Scott Thomas and recurrent Spanish Don Juan Sergi Lopez, the picture offers a rough, no-frills take on a story as old as France itself. Read full review

Ty Burr

Jan 13, 2011

The only reason to see Leaving - and it's not a bad reason at all - is for the sight of Kristin Scott Thomas in a rare happy mood. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Leaving is a tawdry potboiler slathered riotously in portent, complete with a lamebrained detour into vengeance that only Claude Chabrol would be able to pull off. Read full review

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rowed08

Apr 23, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Partir (Leaving) is a very powerful and wonderfully crafted French film. I found it immediately interesting that within the first few minutes of the film we are thrown into a web of suspense as a rifle is shot in the middle of the night. I was enthralled by the immediate tension that was created and was on the edge of my seat for the remainder of the movie. I have always enjoyed movies that begin with the ending, which is why I found this movie to be so exciting. The film is directed by Catherine Corsini. Corsini is a French film director and screenwriter, directing 15 films since 1982. A particular film that she directed, La rÃ©pÃ©tition, was entered in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. One idea in the film that I found intriguing was the lengths a person will go to for happiness or love. A great example of this was at the end of the film when Suzanne shoots her husband with the rifle and flees from their home to be with her lover, Ivan. Suzanne is willing to give up her children and her life by murdering her husband rather than spend another minute with him. All she seems concerned about is being with Ivan and living her life happily by his side, sacrificing everything along the way. A second idea that I found captivating was the dynamics of marriage and responsibilities to the family. Suzanne seems to give up most of her responsibilities when she begins having her affair with Ivan. A prime example of this is when Suzanne and her husbandâ… Expand

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