Chéri

(2009)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 233 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Year: 2009

Runtime: 92 мин

Country: France, Germany

Director: Stephen Frears

Cast: Мишель Пфайффер, Кэти Бэйтс, Руперт Френд, Фелисити Джонс, Iben Hjejle, Фрэнсис Томелти, Том Бёрк, Hubert Tellegen, Джо Шеридан, Тоби Кеббелл

Plot

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

During France's belle époque before World War I, elegant cars, mansions, and servants defined the lives of les grandes horizontals, the courtesans of kings and millionaires. One of the most successful, Lea de Lonval, is approaching a certain age when an older associate, Charlotte Peloux, asks Lea to take on her 19 year old son, whom Lea has called Chéri since he was a child. They become lovers and, to their surprise, the relationship lasts six years. When it ends abruptly with a marriage his mother arranges to the daughter of another courtesan, Lea finds herself lonely. Has she fallen in love? If so, do she -- and Chéri - have any choices?