The Page Turner

The Page Turner

2006 · 85 min · FR · 6.6 (121 votes)
Dir. Denis Dercourt · Starring Catherine Frot, Déborah François, Pascal Greggory, Christine Citti, Clotilde Mollet, Jacques Bonnaffé · Music Jérôme Lemonnier
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Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes her page turner, waiting patiently for her revenge.

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A slow-burn descent into obsessive ambition. This film feels like the quiet hum of a piano in an empty hall, charged with unspoken tension and the simmering heat of long-held grudges. It's a study in artistic fixation and the slow, deliberate path to retribution.

intensemelancholicobsessivedramaticslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivenintrospectiveambitionrevengeartistryobsession
stageconservatorybabysitterpianistinentrance examinationrevengelgbtolder woman younger woman relationship
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