Catherine Frot,
Déborah François,
Pascal Greggory,
Clotilde Mollet,
Xavier De Guillebon
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Years after her once-promising career as a professional pianist is tragically sidelined, a young musician still haunted by the past receives a second chance at making things right in director Denis De... read more
DVD Release Date: July 10, 2007
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June 30, 2007Icily efficient thriller which makes its understated chills stand out. Clinically composed and beautifully scored.
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May 7, 2008[font=Century Gothic]In "The Page Turner," Melanie(Deborah Francois) is an intern for a prestigious law firm who volunteers to be a nanny for her boss, Jean(Pascal Greggory), over the holidays. Not coincidentally, he is married to Ariane(Catherine Frot), a classical musician who ... read more
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November 17, 2007A young girl, Melanie, dreams of becoming a professional musician and finds her hopes shattered in an instant when one of the judges listening to her performance - a famous concert pianist - agrees to sign an autograph, causing her to lose confidence and blow her chance.
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February 13, 2008A very good thriller, exceeded my expectations.
A girl's chances of becoming a pianist are lost when one of the judges at her exam agrees to sign an autograph distracting the girl and ruining her piece.
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July 8, 2007An icy cold thriller that moves at a snail's pace and that is free of the usual hidden corpses & in-your-face plot twists. Director Denis Dercourt tells us with subtility what's going to happen in the last third but doesn't quite throw the ending at us : the result is an enjoyab... read more
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August 18, 2010Slow burn and subtle revenge; starting with an autograph and ending with an autograph, sandwiching many other instances of unsaid actions, all the while set to a beautiful classical score.
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August 23, 2009It was okay.... but the main character didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. This movie paints a portrait of a sadistic girl, who's given little reason to be sadistic. You're left thinking "Why would someone be this way?"
Critic Reviews
December 7, 2007
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
May 11, 2007
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
The serving temperature of revenge has seldom been colder, nor the time of preparation longer, than for this gourmet French plat froid from writer-director Denis Dercourt. Full Review
May 3, 2007
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
It's a small French delicacy, tart, acerbic and cynical, that focuses on three or four characters and yet manages to bring them and their dilemmas to vivid life. Full Review
April 20, 2007
Michael Hardy, Boston Globe
The stakes in this story seem too low to justify its audience's attention. If The Page Turner were a novel, it would hardly be a page turner. Why should we hold films to a lower standard? Full Review
April 7, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
In retrospect it's clear that when the filmmakers had a chance to hammer something they tapped it, instead. Full Review
April 7, 2007
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
[Director] Dercourt's manipulation of his characters and his imagery can be a little heavy-handed, but there's nary a wrong note in the performances of his exceedingly fine cast. Full Review
March 30, 2007
Teresa Budasi, Chicago Sun-Times
This film, like Melanie in her fitted suit and straight, blond ponytail, is a taut little affair, clocking in at a no-nonsense 85 minutes. She gets in, gets out, her work is done, much like her long-a... Full Review
March 30, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
This premise may sound all right on paper, but on-screen it doesn't really wash. Full Review
March 29, 2007
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
An impeccably made psychological melodrama. It's a story of destruction, dependence and betrayal set not only in the world of classical music but in the French culture of politeness where form and dec... Full Review
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