Leaving (2009 film)

Leaving
Leaving
	Sergi López; Kristin Scott Thomas; Yvan Attal
Cinematography	Agnès Godard
Edited by	Simon Jacquet
Release date	12 August 2009 (France);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Leaving (

Sergi López, Kristin Scott Thomas and Yvan Attal

.

Plot

Suzanne (

Sergi López

), a Spanish ex-con hired to do the building, their mutual attraction is sudden and violent.

After multiple trysts with Ivan, Suzanne confesses the affair to her husband and promises to give it up, but finds she cannot. She finally decides to give up everything and live to the fullest her all-engulfing passion for Ivan, but her husband will not let go of her and her daughter rejects her, although her son stays connected to her. The new couple soon faces severe financial problems, some of them caused by Samuel: when Suzanne's credit card is rejected, she is forced to sell her

Cartier

watch at a gas station. In their extreme need, Suzanne and Ivan rob Samuel's house of its paintings and valuables but Ivan is arrested when he fences the stolen goods for them. Suzanne tries to convince her husband that she was solely responsible for the burglary, and that she only took what was hers. She offers to do anything to keep Ivan out of jail, and her husband tells her that, if she comes home, Ivan will be free. At this dilemma, she faints.

Back in their home, Suzanne is distant with her family, yet tolerant of her husband's sexual advances. Soon, though, she takes a rifle and shells from a closet and kills Samuel as he sleeps. After driving through the night, she is eventually reunited with Ivan at the ruined house in the hills they had once dreamt of restoring. They embrace and she sobs hysterically. In the distance, a police siren can be heard.

Cast

Kristin Scott Thomas as Suzanne
Sergi López
as Ivan
Yvan Attal as Samuel
Bernard Blancan as Rémi
Aladin Reibel as Dubreuil
Alexandre Vidal as David
Daisy Broom as Marion
Berta Esquirol as Berta
Gérard Lartigau as Lagache
Philippe Laudenbach as Samuel's father
Geneviève Casile as Samuel's mother
Michèle Ernou as Madame Aubouy

Reception

The film has been moderately well received by critics, and currently holds a rating of 69% on Rotten Tomatoes.^[1]

References

Notes

^ Leaving (Partir) (2009) Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 January 2013

External links

Leaving at Metacritic
Leaving at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] Leaving (Partir) (2009) Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 January 2013

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