La dilettante (1999)
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Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot, Barbara Schulz, Jacques Dacqmine, Christian Morin, Marie-Christine Barrault
Bored with her life in Switzerland, Pierrette leaves her husband and returns to Paris.
The story
Pierrette Dumortier is strong-willed but indecisive, and struggles to fend off boredom. She decides to leave her husband and bourgeois life in Switzerland and return to Paris. There, she moves into her son’s suburban apartment and finds work at a school.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Pierrette Dumortier, a strong-willed woman who is also indecisive and unable to fend off boredom, one fine day decides to leave her husband and bourgeois life in Switzerland and return to Paris. She moves into her son’s apartment in the suburbs, finds work at a school, meets her daughter’s wealthy blended family, falls in love with a priest, sleeps with her daughter’s fiancé, and, after several twists and turns, is manipulated by a crooked antiques dealer, which leads to her going to prison.
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