In doing so, she'd be joining the ranks of her fellow and now well-to-do colleagues, Marie Laure (IBEN HJEJLE), whom she can't stand, and Madame Peloux (KATHY BATES), with whom she's now friendly. The latter is worried about her spoiled and lazy 19-year-old son, Cheri (RUPERT FRIEND), and asks Lea for her help.
Yet, what begins as a temporary bit of educating him about life and love turns into a six-year relationship. Lea is generally pleased in her mother-lover role with Cheri, but is thrown for a loop when Madame Peloux announces she's arranged for her son to marry Marie Laure's 18-year-old daughter, Edmee (FELICITY JONES).
She knows it's the right thing for him to do, but finds this development and the subsequent marriage a shock to her self-esteem. From that point on, the former long-time lovers find themselves longing for each other, despite the obstacles in their way, including his marriage as well as the vast difference in their ages.
Drinking and smoking occur in various scenes, while there's brief drug content and some related dialogue. Some bad attitudes are present, as is some tense family material. There's a passing comment about a suicide via a gunshot.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, there's some of that from flicker from a fire.
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(2009) (Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Heavy
None
Heavy
None
Minor
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Minor
None
None
None
Minor
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Extreme
Extreme
Moderate
Moderate
Minor
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Reviewed June 12, 2009 / Posted June 26, 2009
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