Leaving

2009, Movie, 1h 25min

A bourgeois housewife, planning to go back to work as a physiotherapist after having devoted 20 years to her husband and two children, has her comfortable, elegant life turned upside down when she falls for a Spanish builder and begins a runaway affair.

Country: France

Director:

Catherine Corsini

Cast:

Sergi López,

Yvan Attal,

Kristin Scott Thomas,

Jonathan Cohen

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6.3

Critic rating

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6.6

Reviews

Critic Liz Beardsworth

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...has much to recommend it, not least a typically nuanced performance from Scott Thomas and superior turns from the supporting cast.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw

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Scott Thomas gives an arrestingly transparent performance...

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Critic Jan-Olov Andersson

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...filmen slinker ändå lätt ned tack vare engagerat spel, både av stjärnorna och Alexandre Vidal, som ett av barnen.

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Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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...Kristin Scott Thomas og Sergi López i de centrale roller (...) kan om nogen i europæisk film spille godt gammeldags klassisk filmskuespil...

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Critic Jakob Åsell

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...uppfriskande med en gammal klassisk kärlekshistoria med en feministisk twist, om en flykt från vardagen till romantiska toner som känns igen från Truffauts gamla filmer.

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